At least two people have died after a major storm swept across the north-west US, battering the region with strong winds and rain and causing widespread power outages. The US Weather Prediction Centre warned of excessive rainfall through until Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings are in effect as the strongest atmospheric river – a large plume of moisture – that California and the Pacific North-west has seen this season overwhelms the region.

A powerful storm clobbered Washington state on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people while disrupting road travel and causing at least two deaths and two injuries.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A major storm that swept across the northwestern U.S. has killed two people as it battered the region with strong winds and rain, and caused widespread power outages.

A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people.

A storm off the coast of the US north-west and western Canada is pummelling the region - bringing high winds, flooding and snow to over seven million residents living in states along the Pacific Ocean. The storm has caused widespread power outages and knocked down trees into buildings and roadways.

A bomb cyclone and an atmospheric river will continue lashing the Pacific Northwest with severe weather conditions, the National Weather Service said.

A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people.

A bomb cyclone hit the Pacific Northwest earlier this week and hundreds of thousands remain without power in Seattle and around the state.

Washington state is reeling following a powerful “bomb cyclone” that left two dead, knocked out power to half a million at its peak and downed trees and power lines.