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HISTORICAL FACTS: The columbia river - The Untold Story

In 1942, Oregon built an entire city that grew to around 40,000 residents; six years later, a flood erased it from the map

Vanport, a temporary city that sprang up near Portland during World War II, was home to many shipyard workers, becoming Oregon's second-largest city. However, in 1948, catastrophic flooding from the Columbia River, exacerbated by heavy rains and snowmelt, led to the dike failures that wiped the city off the map…

The Times of India

Chemical accident toll in US facility climbs to 11

On May 26, a tank containing "white liquor"— a chemical solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in making paper pulp—imploded at a Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility.

International Business Times

Remains of family missing since 1958 finally found in mystery that shocked America

The bodies of two of the family's children were found months after the disappearance, but the other members never turned up

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Oregon wildfire prompts evacuations and closes interstate in Columbia River Gorge

A wildfire in Oregon has prompted evacuation orders for hundreds of homes and the closure of nearly 20 miles of an interstate in the Columbia River Gorge

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Seven bodies have been pulled from Portland river in the past two weeks. Police say it’s normal

The bodies were found in various waterways, including the Willamette River and the Columbia River since April 13

The Independent UK

For decades the Columbia River has benefited both the U.S. and Canada with little worry. Then Trump took office

Trump once called the Columbia River a ‘giant faucet’ that could provide water to California

The Independent UK

Zombie water apocalypse: Is Trump’s rhetoric over Canada’s water science-fiction or reality?

Interest from the United States in Canada’s water is concerning, though nothing new. In the most recent development, the U.S. has paused negotiations the Columbia River Treaty, a key water-sharing agreement between both countries.

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Car being pulled from Columbia River might have belonged to Oregon family that vanished in 1958

Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958 while out for a drive with their three daughters

The Independent UK

A family disappeared while out for a drive in 1958. Their car might have just been pulled from an Oregon riverbed

Authorities said that the case has been “on the back of Portland’s mind for 66 years”

The Independent UK

Efforts to modernize the Columbia River Treaty provide an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past

The Columbia River Treaty is a landmark water-management agreement, ratified in 1964, by the United States and Canada which aimed to co-ordinate water management within the Columbia River Basin, particularly through the construction of four large dams in the headwaters. Three treaty dams were built in B.C. with an additional…

The Conversation

Superfund plan for Columbia River sparks debate in Northwest - Roll Call

A designation of the Columbia River under the Superfund law could bring closure to a long-simmering dispute between the U.S. and Canada.

Roll Call

Reward offered after video shows boater speeding over sea lions

A reward of up to $20,000 is being offered in the hope of identifying and prosecuting a boater who was caught on video speeding over sea lions earlier this month in the Columbia River.

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Fishing boat speeds over sea lions in ‘terrible’ scene caught on video

Video footage has surfaced showing a fishing boat speeding across the Columbia River and running over sea lions in clear violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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