PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It was 64 years ago, on October 12, 1962, that the Pacific Northwest was preparing for what seemed like an ordinary autumn day. However, a powerful storm was moving toward the ...
It’s regarded as the most destructive windstorm to hit the Pacific Northwest, and perhaps the strongest non-tropical storm to hit the contiguous United States in the past century. It happened 64 years ...