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After Four Days, I-5 Reopens All Four Lanes...
Dec 9/07
After four agonizing days, Interstate 5 finally opened
up all its north and south bound lanes to all vehicles on Friday
shortly before noon. And while the interstate is open, the speed limit
on I-5 between Grand Mound and Chehalis has been dropped to 50 mph
until permanent repairs are completed. The Washington State Department
of Transportation repaired road damage, breached a dike and then
waited for the final flood waters to recede. When the waters drained,
WSDOT engineers were heartened the damage was less than they had
feared...
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i-5 at Chehalis to remain closed until the weekend, possibly longer...
Dec 5/07
State transportation officials say a 20-mile stretch of
I-5 at Chehalis will remain closed until Saturday, perhaps longer...
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i-5
near Chehalis, WA won't reopen to at least Friday, maybe longer...
Dec 5/07
The earliest a flooded section of Interstate 5 could
reopen here is Friday, state transportation officials said Wednesday.
The main artery between Portland and Seattle, I-5 was shut down in
both directions Monday when the Chehalis River swelled and overran its
banks. The river was forecast to recede below flood stage early
Wednesday. But that doesn't mean I-5 will instantly reopen...
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i-5 closure traps hundreds of trucks between Seattle and Portland...
Dec 5/07
The storm that hit the Puget Sound area Monday is
having a devastating effect on commerce after swamping Interstate 5,
the main artery that connects Seattle to Portland, and burying in mud
several rail connections north and south of Seattle. The effect and
closures could last for days and into the weekend, according to
Washington's Department of Transportation...
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i-5 Portland-to-Seattle traffic being re-routed through Yakima...
Dec 3/07
Interstate 5 is so badly flooded south of
Olympia that traffic between Portland and Seattle is being detoured
through Yakima for the next 36 hours, transportation officials said
Monday...
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Flooding Closes I-5 In Lewis County, Washington state...
Dec 3/07
The state Department of Transportation reports
all lanes of Interstate 5 near Centralia are closed. Spokeswoman
Claudia Cornish said the closure could last at least 36 hours. Cornish
said it's the first complete freeway closure due to flooding in the
area in 11 years...
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High Winds, Rain Cause Major Highway Problems...
Dec 3/07
Weather-related problems pop up all over the Portland
area as Sunday's storm spills into Monday. Several area highways are
closed because of the storm as were all arteries leading to the Oregon
Coast, where hurricane force winds caused power and telephone outages.
Damage in the area was also extensive. Highways shut down by the storm
include U.S. 26, the Sunset Highway, U.S. 30, the lower Columbia River
Highway and Highway 6. Highway 18 has a closure in place from milepost
1 to 17 and Highway 101 is shut down south of Astoria and between
Latimer and Wilson River Loop...
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Rare hurricane-force wind warning issued for Wash., Ore. coast...
Dec 2/07
The Pacific Northwest continues to brace itself against
fast-moving storms for the next couple days; the National Weather
Office has issued a rare hurricane-force wind warning of up to 100 mph
for the coast. Gale warnings were issued until 4 a.m. Sunday from Cape
Shoalwater, Wash. to Florence, Ore., followed by a storm warning for
the area until Sunday evening. Hurricane force wind warnings - of
winds that could reach up to 100 mph - are in effect from Sunday night
until Monday morning...
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Weather Alert: Snow advisory from noon to 6 p.m. today...
Dec 1/07
The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a
snow advisory from noon to 6 p.m. today for the Portland and Vancouver
metro areas, the lower Columbia River basin and the Interstate 5
corridor in Southwest Washington. Snow is expected to develop this
afternoon but will mix with rain at lower elevations. The level for
sticking snow is expected to be around 500 feet early in the afternoon
and rise to 1,000 feet late in the day...
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