47180 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/debris-flies-as-tornado-rain-wallop-northwest/2016/10/14/f655d568-927d-11e6-bc00-1a9756d4111b_story.htmlTens of thousands of people were without power in Oregon and Washington on Saturday as the storm made landfall after gathering intensity off the coast. The National Weather Service said winds gusted above 50 mph in the Portland area and that the strongest winds would hit Seattle from about 6 p.m. to 9 p.Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:45:00 +0200WashingtonPost-f59bd90d48694764ca399235b73f0dba20161016024500http://www.timesdaily.com/news/nation/storm-brings-down-trees-powerlines-in-northwest/article_2882c5a8-b3b5-5f94-b3b7-aca8dbbee0e9.htmlEmergency crews reported trees and power lines down throughout the region. The Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue posted a photograph on Facebook of a tree that crushed the new car and part of the home of a family in North Plains, Oregon, near Portland. The Washington Department of Transportation said....Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:44:00 +0200timesdaily-d5e2bca4287f4c9252fb76a4708b006e20161016024400http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/10/15/debris-flies-tornado-rain-wallop-northwest/5Rr3RjqPuycnICa9I53G2K/story.htmlSEATTLE Trees and power lines snapped Saturday as a powerful storm bearing the remnants of a Pacific typhoon hit the Northwest. Tens of thousands of people were without power in Oregon and Washington on Saturday as the storm made landfall after gathering intensity off the coast.Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:35:00 +0200bostonglobe-7a6106ec95883012a9daee3332af916320161016023500http://newsok.com/storm-brings-down-trees-powerlines-in-northwest/article/feed/1093114?custom_click=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newsok%2FNews+%28NewsOK.com+RSS+-+news%29SEATTLE (AP) — Trees and power lines snapped Saturday as a powerful storm bearing the remnants of a Pacific typhoon hit the Northwest. Tens of thousands of people were without power in Oregon and Washington on Saturday as the storm made landfall after gathering intensity off the coast.Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:31:00 +0200newsok-8f126ec0fbccc7be618091262b4d4d0820161016023100