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Antonio Sierra/OPBFeds say the rural county doesn’t meet damage threshold days after approving disaster relief in Southern Oregon. -
Photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of TransportationOregon will receive federal emergency funding to support recovery efforts in three southwest counties that experienced intense storms and floods between March 13- 20.
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In March and April, parts of southern Oregon experienced flooding from rapid snowmelt, record-level rainfall and overflowing rivers. -
‘Big One’ coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study findsMore than 17,000 people in Oregon, Washington and California could almost instantly be living in a floodplain, the researchers found. -
Flooding and landslides from swollen rivers and record-setting rain in southern Oregon and parts of the Willamette Valley have caused millions of dollars in damages and cost one woman her life. -
Heavy rains battered areas of Southern Oregon this weekend, resulting in widespread flooding and damage. -
The first winter storm of the season continues to bring heavy weather to the West Coast, but the impacts so far on Southern Oregon and Northern California have been less than feared. -
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara unveils a plan to shore up the California insurance market for homeowners. Insurers would return to wildfire zones, but would have an easier path to rate increases. -
To prevent flooding, communities often raise levees next to rivers higher and higher. Now, a new approach is about backing off, moving levees away from rivers to create floodplains. -
Even during epic floods, California is trying to prepare for the next drought by capturing water from this year's epic winter storms. -
Warmer temperatures are melting the state's historic snowpack. Already flooded communities downstream are scrambling to prepare for the surge. -
During the final statewide snow survey of the year, researchers at Phillips Station near Lake Tahoe recorded a snow depth of nearly five feet. That’s 241% of the May 1 average for this area. -
After weeks of rain, the long-dry Tulare Lake is rising from the San Joaquin Valley floor, endangering farms, towns, livelihoods. Now record snow on the Sierra Nevada is melting. Will the Central Valley be ready? -
It’s been a wet winter in California, one that’s brought record-breaking precipitation to many parts of the state. Now, state officials say it’s time to prepare for springtime runoff to come from now-historic levels of snowpack.
