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• Dec. 3: Despite a road closure, drivers attempt to pass through a section of the road in Portland, Ore. Storms delivering a one-two punch against the Oregon coast cut off most of the northwest corner of Oregon on Monday.

• Dec. 3: Chris Wilks struggles to get out of the flooded U.S. 101 near the Hoquarton Slough in Tillamook, Ore. A powerful Pacific storm battered the Northwest on Monday, blocking roads near the coast with fallen trees and flooding, blacking out thousands of customers and icing up mountain highways.

• Dec. 3: Amy Anderson, right, hugs Melanie Tapia, left, after a flash flood swept down a tributary of Kennedy Creek near Olympia, Wash., and went through their restaurant, the Ranch House BBQ. Drenching rain swelled rivers and flooded streets across much of Western Washington on Monday, and high winds gusting to more than 80 mph blew trees into power lines and onto roads.
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