Important Takeaways:

• A second powerful bomb cyclone and atmospheric river system is battering the Pacific Coast states, bringing more severe weather to regions still reeling from Tuesday’s devastating storm that left hundreds of thousands without power and claimed one life in Washington state.
• As of Friday morning, approximately 180,000 Washington residents remained without electricity, while California reports over 15,000 customers experiencing outages, according to poweroutage.us.
• So severe is the issue in Washington that Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the state’s largest utility provider, issued a letter to customers on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday evening.
• “To our customers without power: we know you are frustrated,” the letter said. “The system was so strong that it was comparable to a hurricane and did unprecedented damage to our high-voltage transmission systems—the poles and wires that carry electricity from where it is produced to the communities we serve.”
• The company plans to have the majority of customers back online by Saturday at noon.
• The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued severe warnings about life-threatening flooding conditions, particularly in Northern California.
• The forecast includes between 3-5 inches of additional rainfall in coastal areas, with 4-10 inches possible in the northern Sierra Nevada.
• From Northern California to southwestern Oregon, cumulative rainfall is expected to reach 8-12 inches, with potential for up to 20 inches in some locations, according to AccuWeather.
• The consecutive storms are creating multiple hazards across the region, including a high risk of dangerous flash flooding, potential for mud slides and landslides, and significant erosion concerns.

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