But the Oregon Coast Range – all the way from Astoria to as far as the Florence area – is under a winter storm warning until Wednesday at 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

FLORENCE, Oregon (KGO) -- You may have heard about the exploding dead whale of Florence, Oregon. You might even have seen some pictures, but not these. In 1970, a dead sperm whale was blown up by ...

Oregon State Parks first reported this globster to him in late September. Rice said OSU typically receives a few such reports of severely decomposed whales each year along the Oregon coast.

On November 9, 1970, a dead sperm whale washed ashore on a beach in Florence. Oregon's Highway Division decided to remove the whale using a dynamite explosion, assuming the 8-ton carcass would be ...

Larry Bacon, 79, was a new reporter at The Register-Guard on that fateful day in 1970 when Oregon highway officials blew up a rotting sperm whale on a beach near Florence, Ore. Courtesy of Larry Bacon ...

When you think of the Oregon coast in winter, you probably think gray drizzle and king tides. But the Oregon Coast Range – ...

An Oregon couple discovered something odd on the coast near Florence on Oct. 12, 2022. They believe it’s what’s known as a “globster,” a decomposing whale or shark that looks like it’s ...