Ferries closed — Marion County officials have closed two ferries because of high water on the Willamette River. The county made the announcement Monday after a weekend of heavy rain in the Salem area. About 2 inches of rain fell by Monday morning. The Wheatland and Buena Vista ferries generally stop operating when river levels reach 15 feet. The river topped that mark early Monday, and the National Weather Service expected the water to continue to rising through the afternoon.

Body found in Willamette River — Sheriff’s deputies and Portland firefighters have recovered a body from the Willamette River. Lt. Marc Shrake of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says the body was found Monday downstream from the Fremont Bridge. The body has not been identified. Sheriff’s detectives and the state medical examiner are investigating.

Man scamming drivers — Portland officials are warning motorists to avoid a scam artist who residents say has been standing in the middle of the road and tricking drivers into giving him money. Residents say the man waves at drivers frantically, then asks them to stop and tells them that it’s an emergency. Peter Knudsen, a resident who fell for the scam, says he and a friend picked the man up on Southwest Broadway Drive. Knudsen isn’t the only person who stopped for the man. He says he posted a warning on social networking service Nextdoor and at least five people responded to his post and said they had had the same experience. Knudsen says the man is tall, bald, middle-aged with a stocky build and is usually wearing khaki pants and a black polo shirt.

Snowpack levels — Oregon’s snowpack is below average heading into April despite snow and cooler weather last month. All basins are behind on snowpack and most are measuring between 40 percent and 70 percent of normal levels. The areas close to the Columbia River have a nearly normal snow pack for April, but parts of Southern Oregon are much worse off. The Hood River, Sandy and Lower Deschutes basins are at 94 percent of normal snowpack. The Umatilla, Walla Walla and Willow basins also reached 93 percent of normal. In Southern Oregon, the Malheur and Owyhee basins both received less than half their usual snowpack, and the Klamath Basin is just barely at 50 percent.