At least one person is dead and hundreds of thousands of were without power early Wednesday as a powerful bomb cyclone hit the Pacific Northwest and northern California.

Tens of thousands of homes in Washington state lost power Tuesday and downed wires or trees locked some highways as Northern California and the Pacific Northwest started feeling the effects of a powerful atmospheric river event,

A deadly “ bomb cyclone ” has ripped through Washington state, killing at least one person, downing trees and power lines, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.