atmospheric river

While the last few weeks have had Oregonians breaking out the umbrellas and bemoaning ponds in their streets, the state climatologist says there’s a bright spot to the continuous rains.

There’s a potential for river flooding Thursday through Saturday along creeks and rivers in Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington.

High winds and heavy rains knocked out power to 17,000 people in northwestern Oregon, and winter warnings went into effect in western Washington.Pacific…