Hazardous Freezing Storm Predicted Across Oregon Into Christmas Weekend

A landslide swept across Highway 30 in 2021 (Image courtesy of ODOT)

If you are travelling before Christmas in Oregon, be prepared for extreme weather as across Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington is expected to get hit with a “trainwreck of nasty pre-Christmas weather” according to KOIN. The hazardous weather could potentially cause downed trees, power outages and traffic collisions as a result of the freezing temperatures.

Wednesday is expected to get hit hard with a blast of arctic air, with temperatures dipping into the low 20s on Thursday. The Portland area, including the Columbia River Gorge and the Hood River Valley could see subzero conditions that go into

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