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PORTLAND — Oregon has a long history of terrible natural disasters, and almost all of them come in one of four bitter flavors: flood, fire, windstorm and earthquake. But now, with the temperature getting as high as 116 degrees in the past week, a heat wave can be added to the list of the worst that Mother Nature has thrown at the Pacific Northwest. The brutal temps led to the deaths of at least 95 people in Oregon, making the hot weather one of the deadliest events the state has ever seen. The worst loss of life from natural disasters in Oregon’s recorded history comes from flooding...

We must be proactive to avoid another catastrophic flood January 20 2021 My view: 'We must reduce flood risk and create communities that are more resilient in the face of natural disasters, starting with and centering those communities at greatest risk.' Oregon's story can't be told without talking about floods. The cataclysmic Missoula floods that flowed down the Columbia River Gorge formed the northern Willamette Valley's fertile landscape. The tragic Vanport flood of 1948 inundated a slapdash public housing project where much of Portland's Black population lived, displacing 18,...