From drought to drenched: Nearly constant rain over past three weeks swells lakes, rivers

Sean C. Morgan

April showers may bring May flowers, but this year, January forest fires apparently bring February snow and ice storms and massive rain.

After three weeks of nearly constant precipitation, Foster and Green Peter lakes, as well as other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Willamette Valley reservoirs, are way ahead of their filling schedules.

In the last couple of weeks, the 13 Willamette reservoirs went from nearly empty to 63 percent full, the…

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