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Amazing weekend rainfall totals throughout the Northwest

  • STEVE PIERCE President, Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Historic September rainfall totals continued to add up across Oregon and SW Washington on Monday. In some cases more than 15" of rain has fallen in just the past 72 hours alone near Mt. St. Helens in SW Washington.

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Fire safety vital in forest outings

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The recent rainfall across parts of Oregon raised hopes, but it wasn't enough to put the 2013 wildfire season in the rear-view mirror, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry's Tom Fields.

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Showers aid John Day firefight

  • STEVEN DUBOIS and TIM FOUGHT, Associated Press
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PORTLAND — Firefighters and rainfall blunted a grasslands fire that threatened an Eastern Oregon city. Two overnight showers dropped a tenth of an inch of rain, slowing the flames enough for authorities to lift be-ready-to-leave notices given Thursday to neighborhoods at the edge of John Day.