Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two weeks of rain and snow have pushed the Oregon snowpack from a potentially disastrous low to near normal, and there’s more to come.
Many rivers are back to normal, and reservoirs drained by last year’s drought are beginning to refill.
John Lea, a hydrologist with the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service in Portland, said that in two weeks the state’s snowpack went from nearly nothing to 93 percent of average.
Forecasts for the next few days predict a chain of storms that will bring heavy rain to Western Oregon and southwest Washington, heavy snowfall to the Cascades and high surf to the Oregon Coast.
Last week, snow advisories, high wind and surf warnings, winter storm warnings and backcountry avalanche warnings went up and are expected to remain in effect.
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