Raging Floodwaters Tear Away Bridge Deck in Seconds as Onlookers Watch Helplessly Clatsop County, OR — A powerful surge of floodwater ripped apart a rural bridge Thursday morning, sending its central span collapsing into a churning river below. The dramatic collapse, captured on video by a passing motorist, shows water hammering the structure until it bends, buckles, and finally gives way. The footage begins with muddy, fast-moving water smashing into the bridge’s supports. The river, swollen fr