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On Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, the Umatilla River in Pendleton was trying to handle a record-breaking 28,900 cubic feet per second of water through our city. Compare this to the previous highest flow in Pendleton — 15,500 cfs in 1965. The result was heavy flooding on both the far eastern and western ends of town.
Fortunately, in the main area of town, the levees held back the water with only a few exceptions. In the eastern Riverside neighborhood, flood waters raged through a residential area, across Highway 11, and into a commercial neighborhood. A major 12-inch sewer line was washed out, requiring immediate repair.
More than 270 homes in Pendleton were damaged, some completely destroyed, and several businesses suffered major flood damage. In the west, the powerful flood waters tore through the levees that protected two large factories, flooding them, and then tore more holes in the levees on the way downstream. The city’s wastewater treatment plant was threatened a ....

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