• Columbus Day Storm (Oct. 11-13, 1962): $391 million in 2008 dollars
Still the granddaddy of windstorms, gusts reached 116 miles per hour in downtown Portland. Cities lost power for two to three weeks. Property losses amounted to $55 million in 1962 dollars.
• Floods and wind (Dec. 11-13, 1995): $113 million in 2008 dollars
Wind gusts topped 60 mph in the Willamette Valley. Hundreds of thousands lost power. Dubbed the stormof the year by the state climatologist.
• Floods and wind (Dec. 2-4, 2007): $73 million in 2008 dollars
Hurricane-force winds with heavy rain and flooding wreaked havoc in coastal communities. All east-west highways from the Willamette Valley to the coast were closed by downed trees or flooding. Severalthousand structures were damaged or destroyed in Clatsop and Tillamook counties alone.
• Floods and wind (Feb. 8-10, 1996): $62 million in 2008 dollars
Days of Pineapple Express rains melted heavy snow packs and flooding submerged the downtowns of Oregon City and Tillamook and prompted disaster declarations in many counties. The Willamette River came within inches of topping its seawall and entering Portland’s downtown Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
• Floods and wind (Dec. 14-15, 2006): $53 million in 2008 dollars
This windstorm left more than a quarter million PGE customers in Oregon without power. Gusts at thecoast topped 100 mph.
source: Oregon Insurance REGULATOR
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