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Widespread power outages and flooding have been reported across the Pacific Northwest as a powerful atmospheric river storm slammed the region on Monday and Tuesday. FOX Weather Meteorologists Ari Sarsalari and Marissa Torres have the latest.

The third powerful atmospheric river storm to impact the Pacific Northwest since the end of last week blasted portions of Washington and Oregon with hurricane-force wind gusts and torrential rain that led to widespread power outages,

Downpours and strong winds were spotted in Oregon and Washington Monday night. Wind speeds reached 99 mph and it left 170,000 without power.

The Pacific Northwest is being slammed by another atmospheric river storm that brought hurricane-force wind gusts and heavy rain while a low-pressure system flooded parts of South Florida.