Debris Flow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- December 1, 10:00 AM PST to December 2, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
A mudslide in the Columbia Gorge cut Interstate 84 near Corbett.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A mudslide in the Columbia Gorge cut Interstate 84 near Corbett.
1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
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