December 9, 2015
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Drenching rain swamped streets in the Pearl District around Northwest 10th and Hoyt Street Monday
flooding cars and disrupting service on the Portland Streetcar. Other neighborhoods in southeast
Portland saw flooding from overflowed creeks and rivers. (KOIN photo)
Worst One Day Rainfall
A torrential downpour caused
major flooding in the Portland
area Monday after more than 3.3
inches of rain fell on Portland over
a 24-hour period, breaking a re-
cord for the most rain in one day.
Flooded city streets delayed
streetcars, MAX trains, and oth-
er public transit. A landslide on
Northwest Cornell Road shut
down the entire street, and a sink
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hole believed to have been caused
by water-soaked soils closed the
entrance to Mt. Hood Communi-
ty College in Gresham and forced
the cancellation of classes.
Overflowing creeks and rivers
in Clackamas and Washington
counties forced residents to evac-
uate from homes and apartments.
The American Red Cross has
opened up emergency shelters.
Tuesday, officials were warning
residents to be cautious for more
flooding as a new weather system
was aimed at Portland with a fore-
cast to bring 1 to 2 more inches of
rain Tuesday evening and Wednes-
day. Flash floods, mudslides, fall-
ing trees and power outages are
likely. Residents who live in ar-
eas with potential flood risks are
urged to make use of sandbags.
Promoting Economic Justice
Civil Rights
icon coming to
Portland
Former U.N. Ambassador An-
drew Young, a leader in the Civil
Rights Movement who helped se-
cure the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
will bring a message about eco-
nomic justice to Portland when he
delivers the keynote speech for the
Portland Business Luncheons on
Thursday, Dec. 17 at the Oregon Andrew Young
Convention Center.
A friend of the late Dr. Mar-
tin Luther King Jr., Young is the
last living person who was on the
balcony with Dr. King when he
was assassinated in 1968. He has
continued the struggle for equal
rights and economic justice that
Dr. King and others started in his
50 plus career as pastor, politician,
diplomat, educator and author.
“Andrew Young is my hero,
one of the last living icons of
the Civil Rights movement who
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