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Hundreds of thousands woke up without power on Wednesday after Washington already had two levee failures this week amid major flooding.
The NWS Seattle WA issued an updated flood warning at 2:17 a.m. on Tuesday in effect until Thursday at 2:34 a.m. for Snohomish County.
At least two more atmospheric rivers are lining up to batter the U.S. later this week, with more storms likely through Christmas.
Approximately 260,987 customers are without power on Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 8 a.m. ET, according to USA TODAY's power outage tracker. Oregon, Washington's southern neighbor, is also grappling with power outages.
On Wednesday at 3:50 p.m. an updated flood warning was released by the NWS Seattle WA in effect until Thursday at 1:13 p.m. for Whatcom County.
The latest storm to sweep across western Washington, with wind and rain, cut power to more than 200,000 customers and caused tree damage as flood watches on riv
Drier weather is coming, but flooding effects are likely to continue for days across portions of western Washington state and northwestern Oregon.
Skagit County saw tens of thousands of evacuations last week amid flooding.