The Nation - News from Jan. 16, 1989
A fierce winter storm off the Pacific Coast battered the northern Cascade Mountains of Oregon with heavy snow, while rivers in the Southeast overflowed their banks after torrential rains. Rain doused the central and northern Pacific Coast as a cold front moved through the Northwest, and snow fell in interior Washington state and Oregon. Between 1 and 3 inches fell in eastern Oregon. The National Weather Service posted a heavy snow warning for the northern Cascades in Oregon. Strong winds blew along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in Montana, gusting to 64 m.p.h. in Livingston. Heavy rains in the lower Ohio Valley and Southeast caused rivers to spill over their banks.
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