Crews with multiple utilities are dealing with hundreds of thousands of power outages Tuesday as a storm hit Washington.

Northern California was preparing for heavy rain, snow and possible flooding on Wednesday as a powerful weather system moving through the West Coast intensified. The storm had knocked out power for 650,

WASHINGTON, USA — At its peak, more than 600,000 people were without power amid a wind storm in western Washington that struck Tuesday night and lasted into Wednesday morning. The damage is the result of a bomb cyclone that formed off of Washington's coast .