South Oregon, which are soaked by record ratios and widespread floods after weekend storm

Heavy rain areas in South Oregon this weekend, which leads to widespread floods and damage.

The National Weather Service reports that parts of Douglas County County were record average over a period of 24 hours. From Monday afternoon sections of Several rivers flooded including the South Umpqua River, the Rogue River and the Coquille River. Deer Creek near Roseburg also reached record levels.

“In a short time it was a very wet event that really pressed the rivers into moderate and great floods,” said Charles Smith, a meteorologist at NWS 'Medford Office.

The storm described by Smith as an atmospheric river also hit Josephine County. Mckenzi Polder in Grants Pass said her family had run five pumps to keep water from Sand Creek away from her house.

“My garage probably had four inches of water. When it came in the living room, we pulled up the carpet and this morning there is still half a customs of water, ”said Polder, who has a gofundme page for donations.

Pictures that are shared on social media show widespread floods in the city drain in Douglas County. And authorities Posted video an vacant motorhome that is carried away by the Sixes flows near the coast.

Jackson County's authorities also reported that a woman who had drowned in a central position after Storm Waters had thrown in in Kane Creek. The victim cleared the branches of a passage when their Waders filled with water and pulled them under.

Northern California saw landslide in Humboldt County on Highway 36. The foils were also reported on the Highway 42, 42S and 138W on the Oregon side.

The forecast for South Oregon requires more rain, but meteorologists say that the worst of the storm is over.

“It is now more or less on the way out,” said Smith.

Justin Higginbottom is a reporter at Jefferson Public Radio. This story comes to you from the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.

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