Oregon nurse, 50, is swept away in MUDSLIDES triggered by storms as her helpless husband watched on - as search teams find part of her SUV

Search and rescue teams are continuing to hunt for an Oregon nurse swept away in mudslides triggered by storms Wednesday. 

Jennifer Camus Moore, 50, of Warrendale, was caught in the heavy rain and high winds that pounded the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday and Wednesday.

She had been driving just behind her husband Charles at around midnight Wednesday when she was swept away in the Columbia River Gorge, KOIN6 reports. 

Charles said he was talking his wife, who has worked at the Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center for 17 years, from his truck when the incident occurred.

He said he heard screaming and crashing sounds over the phone but the weather was so bad he could not see which direction Jennifer's blue Ford Explorer went.  

Authorities said in social media posts that they have found part of the SUV Moore was driving in but have not found her.  

Jennifer Camus Moore, 50, of Warrendale, was caught in the heavy rain and high winds that pounded the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday and Wednesday

Searchers used inflatable yellow rafts and drove metal poles into deep mud Thursday as they searched for the nurse who was swept away by a landslide in Oregon Wednesday 

Authorities said in social media posts that they have found part of the SUV that 50-year-old Jennifer Camus Moore, of Warrendale, Oregon, was driving when she was swept away Wednesday but have not located her

Footage and pictures released by authorities show searchers using inflatable yellow rafts as they drove metal poles into deep mud Thursday.

The Multnomah Co. Sheriff’s Office tweeted: 'Mud poses tremendous challenges for searchers with hidden holes, unstable footing, sticky texture, lack of visibility.' 

The cliffs around the search area near the small community of Dodson, Oregon, remain unstable.

The cliffs around the search area near the small community of Dodson remain unstable

On Wednesday, searchers used thermal imaging to try to locate Moore without success, but it was too dangerous to send teams into the mudflow

On Wednesday, searchers used thermal imaging to try to locate Moore without success, but it was too dangerous to send teams into the mudflow. 

On Thursday, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office tweeted out video of searchers using yellow inflatable rafts to navigate the dangerous terrain in mud up to 10 feet deep.

The slide was triggered by a powerful Pacific Northwest storm that swept into the area late Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Heavy rainfall and high winds left more than a half-million people without power, felled trees across Oregon and Washington and swept a tractor-trailer off a bridge. 

Localized flooding and debris flows shut down roads throughout the region, including a portion of Interstate 84 in Oregon.

Jennifer had been driving just behind her husband Charles at around midnight Wednesday when she was swept away in the Columbia River Gorge, KOIN6 reports

The slide was triggered by a powerful Pacific Northwest storm that swept into the area late Tuesday and Wednesday. Heavy rainfall and high winds left more than a half-million people without power, felled trees across Oregon and Washington and swept a tractor-trailer off a bridge

Jennifer's husband Charles said he was talking his wife, who has worked at the Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center for 17 years, from his truck when the incident occurred

One person in Spokane, Washington, died Wednesday when a tree fell on a car and trapped a woman inside.

School districts were also forced to cancel classes because Internet service was down and students couldn't access online classes. 

Winds reached gusts 50 to 70 mph in parts of the Puget Sound region as the storm blew through on the tail end of several inches of rain that left the ground saturated and conditions ripe for trees to fall, KOMO-TV reported.

As of early Wednesday, Seattle had received 20% of its normal annual rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.