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Portland photographer catches beginning of 11,000-acre Washington fire
The Williams Mine fire began burning on August 5 and has since devastated more than 11,000 acres just north of Trout Lake, Washington. The blaze, caused by a lightning strike, is only five percent contained as of Monday, August 19. Portland-based amateur photographer Ryan Ernst married into a lifetime of...
More than 7,000 lightning strikes recorded in Oregon, Washington in 48 hours during wild weekend
Oregon and Washington were hit with more than 7,000 lightning strikes over the past weekend, firefighters say. The lightning was produced by powerful thunderstorms that blew through the region on Saturday, Aug. 17. The lightning sparked multiple fires, including the 200-acre Wicked Drive Fire burning in Northeast Washington. Other fires were extinguished by firefighters before they spread, Northwest Interagency Coordination Center spokesperson Carol Connolly told KOIN 6 News. “Multiple initial attack fires have been reported and put out by Initial attack resources,” Connolly said. KOIN 6 News is a partner of this publication. Find the original story here.
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That low pressure area that gave us all the rain and thunderstorms over the weekend, is now meandering off the Washington/Vancouver Island coast, bringing rain and showers north of Astoria. It looks like this low will start to drift southeastward tonight a give us a chance of showers under mostly cloudy skies, after around midnight, with calm winds, patchy fog is also possible, the low tonight near 57.
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