After the biggest snowstorm in decades hit Douglas County this week, the one upside may be drought relief.
Power is slowly starting to come back to thousands of Douglas County residents, many who have been without power for nearly a week after the biggest snowstorm in decades decimated the county’s power infrastructure.
DRAIN — After a day without power, and many more to come, David Harrington sat in front of the wood stove at his house in Drain on Sunday night when he heard a series of unfamiliar sounds.
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners declared a local state of emergency at its meeting Wednesday morning in response to a series of snowstorms this week.
Ronda Roman wasn’t just thinking about herself when she was shopping in on Tuesday afternoon. She had 17 other people to think of.
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Low-lying areas of Douglas County may be in for at least another few inches of snow through Wednesday morning, according to Brett Lutz, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Medford.
Nearly two and a half days after a series of snowstorms shut down much of Douglas County and western Oregon, more than 18,000 people in the county were still without power as of Wednesday morning.
More than 31,000 customers are without power across Douglas County, according to Pacific Power, as heavy snow fell Sunday night and Monday morning.
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A flood watch for Douglas County was issued by the National Weather Service for from 4 a.m. on Sunday until 4 a.m. on Tuesday.
A lot of rain and some snow has fallen in Douglas County during the last couple weeks. But the county is still in a drought.
A dusting of snow Monday afternoon turned out to be a preview of things to come Tuesday morning.
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Depending on where you live in Douglas County, this weekend could be your best chance of the winter to see snow.
The National Weather Service said an urban and small stream flood advisory remains in effect until 2 a.m. Sunday for several counties in Southwest Oregon, including Douglas County.
A “powerful” pacific storm that began drenching the West Coast on Wednesday is expected to include rain for Douglas County through Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for most of central and eastern Douglas County through 4 p.m. Sunday.
Halfway through cooking her Thanksgiving turkey, Oakland resident Debbie Hopkins’ power went out.
For at least the next couple days, get ready for an encore performance of summer weather.
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After a pleasant start to summer in the Umpqua Valley, it’s finally going to heat up, with daytime highs reaching near triple digits later this week.
A sudden burst of warm weather broke two records Tuesday and Wednesday in Roseburg.
A storm that hit Friday just days after the start of spring set a new rainfall record for Roseburg and made work tough for power crews who were stranded by mudslides while battling an outage.
Much to the delight of recreation and water managers, springlike weather in early February has been replaced by late winter storms carrying enough snow to ease some worries about a woeful snowpack in the Cascades.
Overnight snowfall covered the Umpqua Valley on Thursday morning, bringing school closures, fender benders, downed power lines and some much-needed snow in the higher elevations of Douglas County.
It was last year when the South Umpqua Basin in Southern Douglas County had 294 percent of normal snowpack.
Air quality in the inland valleys of Southern Oregon will deteriorate over the next several days, according to the National Weather Service
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It could have been early June in Roseburg Tuesday, as temperatures climbed into the low 70s.
It didn’t take long for the weather to make a quick turn from the hot, dry summer conditions, to wet and cool conditions just before the official start of fall.
Heavy rain with thunderstorms could produce flash flooding on burn scars in Douglas County, according to the National Weather Service.
It was hotter than Phoenix, Arizona.
Wednesday was the hottest Aug. 2 on record in Roseburg, but the all-time record remains unbroken.
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Melons and tomatoes are going to love the hot, hot weather. Peaches not so much.
Wednesday is shaping up to be the hottest day Roseburg’s ever seen.
With temperatures soaring into the triple digits for the next few days, pet owners are cautioned to pay attention to the adverse effects of heat on animals both inside and outdoors.
Drew Vandenbroeder of Jonnic Construction knows that it’s highly likely that he will be working outside during what is expected to be the first triple-digit day of the year.
Not everyone has time to hit the gym, but they might have time to exercise on their way to work.
The clouds have cleared, for the most part, which means plots in local community gardens are getting snatched up.
Roseburg will tackle two riverbank repairs along the Deer Creek path and the Stewart Park bank this summer.
GLIDE — With names like snow queen, fairy slipper, prince’s pine and buttercup, a guided tour along the North Umpqua Trail east of Glide is like stepping into a fairy tale.
