At Least Two Dead & Power Outages as a Bomb Cyclone Hits Washington

The Northwest is experiencing storm damage and power disruptions following a bomb cyclone. 

Two women in the Seattle suburbs were killed separately by falling trees, and two other people were injured by falling trees southeast of the city. Meanwhile, catastrophic winds cut off electricity to hundreds of thousands and turned the Pacific Northwest's wooded landscape. 

The storm delivered gusts of over 70 mph to some areas and is ushering in an atmospheric river that will bring severe rain, wind, and snow to portions of the Northwest through Friday.

At least two dead due to a bomb cyclone

Following the bomb cyclone, the region will experience days of rain, "life-threatening flooding," and snow at higher elevations from another Pacific storm, the National Weather Service predicted Wednesday. 

This is part of an "atmospheric river" that may deliver up to 16 inches of rain to Northern California and Southwest Oregon, according to the weather service. Rock slides and debris flows are also possible. 

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