Feb. 20—What does the weather have in store this week? For details, check our local weather coverage. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories from the week: Car went off I-205 Bridge into Columbia River PORTLAND — A car fell from the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge and into the Columbia River on Sunday night, prompting a search effort by the Multnomah County, Ore., Sheriff's .
A major ice storm knocked out electricity for more than 730,000 homes in Oregon some for nearly a week.
A resident poses by a large ice-covered tree on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Portland, Ore., after a weekend winter storm toppled it. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) The frigid weather wreaking havoc in Texas also caused cold chaos in the Pacific Northwest, where a historic ice storm knocked out substations, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes unheated and with fridges of ruined food.
Frigid cold, pushed south from an unusual warming event over the arctic, arrived in Oregon last week, dumping snow and ice from Portland south through the normally temperate Willamette Valley to Salem and Eugene.
Jared Leisek has now found seven bodies in the last 13 months
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The body and vehicle of a missing Portland man were found in the Columbia River under the I-205 bridge Wednesday evening. Redmond YouTube diver Jared Leisek played a key role in the discovery.
Leisek started his Adventures with Purpose YouTube channel back in 2018 with a simple goal in mind – clean up the underwater environment.
He used to focus on finding missing items like phones and sunglasses. Then he graduated to looking for stolen property, such as guns and ATMs. Leisek even once came across a sunken boat in Lake Billy Chinook.
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