A wind storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands in the Seattle area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

While small-scale river flooding and power outages are still ongoing, the worst of the severe weather is behind us.

Inland Northwest weather disasters, such as the Ice Storm of 1996 and “Snowpocalypse” of 2008, surprised the Spokane region when they hit. But 10 years ago forecasters began warning folks that a big ...