WINTER STORM: Oregon flood turns deadly, evacuees return home, family rescue from floodwaters & more

Heavy rain inundated Western Oregon and Southwest Washington on Thursday, causing widespread flooding in Oregon and Southwest Washington, and forcing some people to evacuate their homes.

A 52-year-old Amity man drowned after his car was swept away in floodwaters on a rural road in Yamhill County: https://katu.com/news/local/man-drown...

A father and five children have been pulled safely from a truck that became stuck in the floodwaters of the Molalla River: https://katu.com/news/local/father-an...

Residents in Estacada were forced to evacuate after the water in the Clackamas River rose several feet above the riverbank. It brought down trees and debris and deposited them in neighboring yards: https://katu.com/news/local/evacuated...

As rain continued to fall in the Shady Dell neighborhood east of Molalla on Friday, residents returned to the homes they had been evacuated from late Thursday: https://katu.com/news/local/shady-del...

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