Over half a million are now without power as the Pacific storm moves through Western Washington. As of 11 p.m., Seattle City Light reported that over 112,648 customers were experiencing outages.

Tuesday night recorded one of the strongest windstorms in recent years for Western Washington. Here's what to know about Wednesday's forecast and power outages in the region.

Over half a million are now without power as the Pacific storm moves through Western Washington. As of 11 p.m., Seattle City Light reports that over 112,648 customers are experiencing outages. Overall the state is reporting over 606 thousand without power.

A storm system approaching the Northwest with hurricane-force winds was expected to drench the region with rain.

A woman was killed by a falling tree and tens of thousands of homes in Washington state lost power Tuesday as Northern California and the Pacific Northwest started feeling the effects of a powerful atmospheric river event,