More than three days of heavy rain and strong winds have caused widespread flooding and landslides, resulting in evacuations and snarling traffic throughout the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Wednesday's storm also claimed the life of a Portland woman, who was killed when a tree a fell on her home.
According to the National Weather Service, about 10 locations in southwest Washington and northwest Oregon have reported a foot or more of total rainfall in three days. Parts of coastal northwest Washington have seen 4 to 12 inches, while interior locations have seen 2 to 5 inches since this past weekend.
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