The Nation - News from Feb. 25, 1986
Idaho creeks and rivers swelled as record-high temperatures hastened the melting of snow, flooding downtown Boise and turning mountainsides to mush. Weary crews worked to clear slides that trapped hundreds of people, and further flooding was predicted on the Snake River, along the Idaho-Oregon border. Flooding and mud slides closed roads and forced scattered evacuations from Lewiston in the north to Mountain Home in the south.
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