The Rio Grande valley in Portland was devastated last week following says of heavy rainfall toward the end of the week. The rains and flooding it caused damaged roadways, triggered landslides destroying houses, flooded homes and farms. The estimated cost of damage is expected to be high.
Photos:
- Residents of Berrydale clearing mud from their homes and businesses.
- Hubert Palmer climbs out of his house that was destroyed by a landslide in Millbank.
- Sixty-three- year-old Owen Campbell is distraught after a landslide destroyed his four bedroom house in Millbank leaving him, his wife and 6-year-old granddaughter homeless.
- Kemeisha Kilburn is comforted by a friend after she lost her belongings following the destruction of her house by landslide at Millbank.
- A swinging bridge washed away by the Rio Grande that was in spate. The bridge connected the communities of Ginger House and Cornwall Barracks.
- A motorists maneuvers a roadway narrowed by a landslide.
Text and photos by Kasey Williams 
