A second less powerful storm Friday is expected to bring strong winds and could bring down more tree branches and potentially cause new power outages.

Nearly half a million western Washington residents lost power after a bomb cyclone swept through the region Tuesday night.As of Saturday morning, Seattle City Light reported 1,240 customers without power across 129 active outages,

A series of atmospheric rivers is flooding the Pacific Northwest and parts of California, with more wind and rain forecast as utilities try to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people.

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.