February Storm and Restoration Gallery

The series of February storms brought historic and devastating damage to our communities. This gallery provides a snapshot of the storm damage and our work to restore power to all customers as quickly as safety allows.

Working to restore your power

Crews work to restore lines in West Linn. Thanks to our partners and the West Linn police department for keeping our crews safe.

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Crews repairing poles

PGE and additional crews work to restore multiple poles near West Linn.

Repairing storm damage

Crews coordinating to repair storm damage.

Crews work through the night to get power restored.

Repairing distribution

Crews work to keep power lines from falling on to Interstate 84. Thanks to our partners at ODOT and PBOT, for helping to keep everyone safe.

Fallen pole

PGE crews clean up a fallen pole and transformer.

Crews work to restore lines in West Linn. Thanks to our partners and the West Linn police department for keeping our crews safe.

Repairing distribution

Flaggers prepare for crews to come and fix leaning poles in Silverton.

Damage from the storm

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Ice and wind damage

A pole lies between residential houses in Salem.

Ice and wind damage

Downed wires and trees line a road in Silverton.

Ice and wind damage

A downed pole and wires partially blocks a road in Salem.

Ice and wind damage

A pole broken in half in a residential yard in Salem.

Ice and wind damage

Broken poles in Mt. Angel, Oregon.

Broken transmission pole

A pole lying on a home in Portland.

Ice and wind damage

Broken poles and wires lie on residential streets.

Ice and wind damage

Broken pole with downed transformer and wires lies in rural Oregon.

Ice and wind damage

Broken pole and downed wires in Silverton.

Ice and wind damage

Clean-up of one of the many trees that fell and took out our equipment.

A pole leans in Oregon City.

Downed lines pull on a pole in Oregon City.

A wire blocking the road is tagged in Turner.

A broken cross arm on an electrical pole in Oregon City.

A pole is broken in half at a PGE facility.

A pole came crashing down and blocked a road in Canby.

A transformer hangs on a pole.

Downed wires, pole and transformer block a neighborhood residence.

Videos from the field

Damage from the storm and restoration progress from Feb. 24.

Damage to PGE’s equipment in the Silverton and Salem areas.

PGE crews are hard at work restoring power to customers as quickly and as safely as possible.

This was the worst storm we've seen in decades. We're working to restore power to everyone, and we won't stop until we do.