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Amtrak temporarily suspended train service between Portland and Seattle due to a landslide in the area.
Train services will be canceled until 8:30 a.m. PT on Thursday. According to Amtrak. “This is due to the moratorium on BNSF Railway passenger trains after the landslide,” the company said.
Alternative means of transportation will be provided According to Amtrak’s tweets On her social media site X.
Amtrak said trains between Portland and Eugene, Oregon, and Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, will continue to operate as usual.
“We will continue to update you on developments and will inform you when this situation is resolved and normal service resumes,” the company said.
For assistance, Amtrak asks customers to call or text 1-800-USA-RAIL. Amtrak normally operates Four daily round-trip trains Between Portland and Seattle.
Flood warnings were issued across the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, after a powerful atmospheric river swept through the region by sweeping more than 10 million people. More heavy rain is expected through Wednesday in parts of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, southern Washington and far northwestern California.
CNN’s Forrest Brown contributed to this report.
