A second powerful storm with gale-force winds is expected to hit the US Northwest tonight, as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power from the torrential rain and snow brought by the first such system. The gale-force winds, which swept the country in the first stage, died down along the southwestern Washington and Oregon region at noon Wednesday local time. But images of homes and cars destroyed by uprooted trees in Washington flooded social media. Two women have died and people have been injured after falling trees near Seattle. About 350,000 homes and businesses remain in the dark in Washington, Oregon and Northern California, down from the 600,000 reported earlier. The storm and torrential rains also damaged the power system in the province of British Columbia on Canada’s Pacific coast, leaving about 225,000 customers without power. […]
Source: News Beast
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