One year later: A look back at the flooded Umatilla County landscape
Published 2:00 pm Tuesday, February 9, 2021
- The Umatilla River overflows its banks west of Pendleton on Feb. 7, 2020. One year later, the river has receded and winds through the lower elevation.
UMATILLA COUNTY — As the Umatilla River rose and floodwaters inundated swaths of Umatilla County last February, the East Oregonian set about documenting the historic floods and their impact on the people and landscape of the county.
One year later, East Oregonian photographer Ben Lonergan returned to several sites throughout the county to document the flood’s impacts one year later.
