A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person.

The northwestern U.S. avoided getting hit by a second "bomb cycle" on Thursday when the storm's fury came up short of forecasts, but an ongoing "atmospheric river" deluged northern California with wind and rain.

A third winter storm is on its way to California, with forecasts anticipating that it will hit the Golden State on Friday, only days after a bomb cyclone unleashed hurricane-force winds across the Pacific Northwest and an atmospheric river brought a deluge of rain and snow.