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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says Oregon recorded the worst air quality ever in 2020.
The fine particulate matter, which is the stuff that gets deep into your lungs and causes coughing and wheezing and worse, was higher than any other time since the DEQ started monitoring the air in 1985.
Before 2020, Portland had never experienced air quality measuring higher than unhealthy. But in 2020, there were three very unhealthy days and five hazardous days.
And what is usually the hottest and smokiest time of the year is yet to come late August into early September.
The Northwest could see a year’s worth of snow this weekend
FILE: DENVER APRIL 03: Snow covered Washington Park. Denver was doused with a wet, April snow storm overnight, with more expected to fall on Thursday. Denver, Colorado. April 03. 2014. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
by: By Pedram Javaheri and Jennifer Gray, CNN
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Feb 12, 2021 / 04:25 PM EST
(CNN) The second in a series of three storms is forecast to hit the Pacific Northwest this weekend, putting 8 million people under winter weather alerts.
The second storm is expected to arrive Friday night into Saturday and bring possible record-setting snowfall totals and icy conditions. Portland and Seattle could see more than a year’s worth of snow before Valentine’s Day.