Oregon snowstorm brings âmost dangerous conditionsâ seen by utility
By SARA CLINE and GILLIAN FLACCUS The Associated Press,Updated February 17, 2021, 10:49 p.m.
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A resident stood by a large ice-covered tree.Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. â Nearly 150,000 customers remained without power Wednesday in and around Portland, Oregon, nearly a week after a massive snow and ice storm swept into the Pacific Northwest, taking out hundreds of miles of power lines as ice-laden trees toppled.
The damage wrought by the storm to the power system was the worst in 40 years, and more than 2,000 power lines â about 208 miles in total â were still down, said Maria Pope, CEO of Portland General Electric. At the peak of the storm, more than 350,000 customers iwere without power, and 5,000 power lines and three substations were down.
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