The storm, driven by the season’s first major atmospheric river, inundated the region, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages.

A second powerful wind storm, called a “bomb cyclone,” will hit the Pacific Northwest by this evening, even as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power from the torrential rain and snow still falling from the first one.

Storm Bert is battering Devon and Cornwall with flood warnings in place, fallen trees across the region and many properties without power. The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood warnings and 33 flood alerts for Devon,

Heavy rain and thawing snow are combining to bring flooding across the UK as Storm Bert continues to batter the country.

Northern England and Scotland were next on Bert’s itinerary, with forecasters saying the storm arrived at 6am. Four hours or so later, and the snow being spat out by Bert will t