Deadly Northwest Storm Traps Idaho Miners, Causes Sewage Spill in Puget Sound
The Weather Channel 1/14/2021 Ron Brackett
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The Pacific Northwest was still reeling Thursday morning from a deadly storm that triggered landslides, toppled hundreds of trees and caused widespread power outages.
More than 150,000 homes and businesses in Washington and Oregon were still without electricity early Thursday, according to poweroutage.us. Another 49,000 customers in Idaho and Montana were also in the dark.
The power outages were being blamed for failures at wastewater treatment plants in Washington that caused more than 11.2 gallons of untreated sewage and wastewater to be spilled into Puget Sound in Seattle, according to the Kitsap Sun.
Search continues for woman missing in Columbia River Gorge landslide
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
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Authorities on Thursday continue to search for a missing woman whose car was swept away by a landslide the day before in the Columbia River Gorge.
Searchers have found part of the car 50-year-old Jennifer Moore was driving when the landslide hit, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. But Moore has yet to be found, and it doesn’t appear the part of her vehicle that was located remains attached to the rest of the car.
Search and rescue crews could be seen using yellow inflatable rafts to move over the mud from the landslide, which covers a large swath of land in the Dodson area east of Multnomah Falls.
Multnomah County battles workplace outbreaks, complaints
Employees complain of notification failures and shortcuts. Management says they re doing their best.
At the headquarters of the Multnomah County Department of Health, nine workers at the county s HIV clinic tested positive for COVID-19, forcing numerous others to quarantine and the clinic to shutter its doors for a four-day stretch in mid-December.
At the county s Donald E. Long Detention Center for juveniles, nine workers and three youth tested positive since the end of November, and jails operated by the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office have seen outbreaks of their own, with 13 inmates and 30 employees infected.
Storm unleashes landslides, power outages in region
Both West Burnside and eastbound I-84 are closed Wednesday morning as many residents lose power.
Landslides closed major roads in the Portland region as thousands of residents were without power because of a major overnight storm.
In Portland, a significant landslide closed West Burnside near Southwest Barnes Road, Portland Fire & Rescue tweeted late Tuesday night.
Officials said the landslide at the Pedestrian Bridge east of Barnes brought trees and power lines down in the area and knocked power out from Northwest 21st Avenue to the west.
The closure is expected to last for many hours.