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COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on
Friday: 48 (9 in iCu).
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BY GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
The U.S. Coast Guard
used two helicopters to rescue
campers Friday from rising
waters at an RV park on the
Oregon Coast, mudslides shut
down roads and a woman was
plucked from a swollen river
as a second day of heavy rains
and flooding pummeled the
Pacific Northwest.
Authorities issued flood
watches along Oregon’s coast
and warned of the possibility of
dangerous mudslides in areas
that burned in last summer’s
devastating wildfires. At the
RV park about 90 miles south-
west of Portland, Coast Guard
teams said they rescued a total
of 20 people and three dogs
with the help of local author-
ities. Thirty campers decided
to stay and declined rescue, the
agency said.
Aerial photos showed the
entire RV park flooded and
campers sitting amid the mess.
In some areas of the park,
water had risen to 4 feet. In
nearby Otis, another RV park
was also flooded and a pri-
vate fire engine that sits per-
manently at the town limits
to welcome visitors had water
halfway up its doors.
Russ Hiner, who was camp-
ing at the park, posted on Face-
book that he awoke to some-
one driving around the park
and honking a warning shortly
after 6 a.m.
“Looking out the fogged
up windows and see some-
Jack dunteman/lincoln County Sheriff’s department via aP
A fire engine is surrounded by rising waters in Otis on Friday. The U.S. Coast Guard used two helicopters and
rescued 20 people from rising waters at an RV park near Neskowin as heavy rains in the Pacific Northwest
prompted warnings of floods and landslides.
one with a flashlight running
around. They come and bang
on the door, “The park is
FLOODING! Everyone out,’”
he wrote on Facebook. “Looks
like there’s six or 7 inches of
standing water underneath us.”
The Neskowin campground
is tucked between two forks of
Neskowin Creek and is about 7
miles north of Otis, which was
devastated by a wind-driven
wildfire just over a year ago.
“We are okay for now ... but
the rain in still coming,” said
Melynda Small, who lost her
home to the fire in Septem-
ber 2020 and is worried about
mudslides in the burn area.
Forecasters said the storms
are being caused by an atmo-
spheric river, known as the
Pineapple Express. Rain was
expected to remain heavy
in Oregon and Washington
through Friday night. Precip-
itation may ease some Satur-
day, but more rain is expected
Saturday night through next
week.
In Oregon, the National
Weather Service issued flood
watches in several coastal
counties and warned that
heavy rains raised the risk of
mudslides and debris flows in
fire-scarred areas.
More than 2 inches of rain
fell in some areas in the west-
ern part of the state in a 24-
hour period Thursday, the
National Weather Service
in Portland said. Astoria, in
the state’s far northwest cor-
ner, set a new record for rain-
fall Thursday with just over 2
inches of rain, the most since
the previous record for the date
set 70 years ago.
Standing water in the road-
ways made driving treacherous
across the Portland metropoli-
tan area and a woman was res-
cued from the swollen Santiam
River on Thursday after her
encampment along the river
banks was flooded.
In Washington, advisories
were issued for at least a half-
dozen rivers in the western
part of the state.
Landslides were reported
on the coast, in Southwest Or-
egon near the town of Elkton
and along the Columbia River
Highway east of Portland.
The storm also caused a
power outage that closed sev-
eral schools and district offices
in a Portland suburb.
In Federal Way, Washington,
two 12-year-old boys sucked
into a storm drain by a cur-
rent of rainwater were rescued
Thursday by Federal Way po-
lice who found them clinging
to a ladder in the drain’s con-
crete basin.
The boys were playing in a
whirlpool of storm water run-
off in a wooded area around
34000 Pacific Highway South,
according to a police news re-
lease. The heavy rain created
streams with strong currents
that flowed downhill into a ba-
sin, Cmdr. Cary Murphy said.
South King County Fire and
Rescue treated one of the boys
for a cut on his leg and the
other boy went home without
injuries, according to the news
release.
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Sky watchers might
see meteors fly by
during lunar eclipse
BY JAMIE HALE
The oregonian
Sky watchers will get a treat
next week, with two astronom-
ical events in the forecast for
Pacific Northwest skies.
A partial lunar eclipse will
take place early Nov. 19, ac-
cording to NASA forecasts,
coming on the heels of the Leo-
nid meteor shower, which is
expected to peak on the nights
of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jim Todd, director of space
science education at the Ore-
gon Museum of Science and
Industry, said that means
there’s a possibility of seeing
meteors fly by during the lunar
eclipse, which would be a truly
remarkable sight.
Partial lunar eclipse
The partial lunar eclipse is
without a doubt the marquee
astronomical event of the sea-
son. The near-total eclipse will
shadow 97% of the moon’s sur-
face, turning it a deep shade of
red. A lunar eclipse takes place
when the Earth moves between
the sun and the moon, casting
a shadow over the full moon.
The red color is an effect of re-
fracted sunlight, and is most
striking during a total eclipse.
mark Graves/The oregonian
A total lunar eclipse is seen from
Portland on May 26.
Oregonians will be able to
see the eclipse between 10 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 18, and 7 a.m.
Nov. 19, Todd said. The best
time to view it is during its
partial eclipse phase, between
11:19 p.m. and 2:47 a.m., with
the maximum eclipse taking
place just after 1 a.m.
Leonid meteor shower
The Leonid meteor shower
is considered a minor meteor
shower with occasional bursts
of big activity. Oregonians
might be able to see meteors
anytime during the astronom-
ical event, which started Nov. 6
and will continue until Nov. 30.
The best time to look for mete-
ors is just before dawn after the
moon has set, Todd said, as the
bright moon may drown out
any meteors.
STATE BRIEFING
State trooper critically injured in crash
An Oregon State Police Trooper who was
critically injured on U.S. Route 30 near St. Hel-
ens on Thursday has been identified.
KOIN-TV reports officials released a state-
ment Friday morning identifying the trooper
as John Jeffries. Jeffries retired from the FBI af-
ter 20 years and started working with Oregon
State Police in March.
He’s been stationed at the St. Helens
worksite.
Troopers were pursuing a driver when po-
lice said the driver rammed a state patrol car
and struck Jeffries around 3:30 p.m.
Jeffries was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospi-
tal in Portland and was reported to be critically
injured.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is in-
vestigating the incident.
In an emailed statement Friday, FBI Special
Agent in Charge Kieran L. Ramsey said Jeffries
served with honor in the FBI as a case agent,
pilot, firearms instructor and SWAT team
member until 2016.
No other information is available at this
time, including why the suspect was being pur-
sued.
ODOT employee seriously hurt after
being hit by driver on I-205, troopers say
A driver traveling south on Interstate 205
crashed into an Oregon Department of Trans-
portation employee Wednesday morning in
Clackamas County, seriously injuring him,
troopers say.
Grant Riedel, 38, was working outside of
his vehicle when Tyler Nicholas Pacheco, 28,
struck him and multiple vehicles, according to
the Oregon State Police.
Riedel was taken to Oregon Health & Sci-
ence University Hospital, troopers said. Pa-
checo, who was driving a black Volkswagen
GTI, cooperated at the scene.
Oregon State Police officials did not release
additional information about the incident.
Troopers ask witnesses to call 800-442-2068
or *OSP and reference case No. SP21316723.
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