Much of Western Washington is scrambling to recover after a windstorm tore through the region Tuesday night, downing trees, toppling power lines and killing at least two.

Over 378,000 customers in the Puget Sound region remained without power as of late Wednesday — about half the total from the storm’s peak.

The cyclone remained hundreds of miles off the coast Wednesday, where it began to dissipate. But a second storm will soon follow a similar path while the first diminishes, the National Weather Service said Wednesday. They’ll almost orbit each other over the Pacific.

Another surge of chaotic weather could undo many repairs by Friday, knocking straggling evergreens into power lines and repeating much of the havoc of late Tuesday’s windstorm.

Throughout the day, on this page, we’ll post weather updates, news and resources as the Pacific Northwest sits in the calm after the storm, while bracing for the next.

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