A powerful winter storm hit the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in 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,

Over 300,000 people remain without power the second day after a bomb cyclone wrought havoc on western Washington. At its peak, there were 600,000 people in the dark . Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has been warning its customers that the outages could last for days. Over 270,000 of those currently without power are PSE customers.