The Governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, has called for Presidential Disaster Declarations to provide federal support to the county communities of Coos, Curry, Douglas, and Harney, that suffered devastating damages during the 2025 floods.
People Lost Their Homes and Bridges Were Destroyed
Floods occurred from mid-March to mid-April when severe storms, record-level rainfall, and rapid snow-melt resulted in landslides and damage to infrastructure.
Many people in isolated areas of the four counties lost their homes, and businesses and bridges were destroyed or badly damaged.
Damage was extensive in Harney County when unseasonably warm temperatures rapidly melted snowfalls that were more than double the seasonal average.
The melting snow flooded the Silvies River, breached levees, and led to t