Heavy rain, flooding and snow are hitting the West. The record-setting wet weather is swelling rivers and triggering mudslides. Meanwhile, in the Northeast, some areas are digging out from major snowstorms ahead of the busy Thanksgiving travel rush.

Two people died in Northern California on Thursday as major storm unleashed heavy snow, record rainfall, and devastating flooding.

A major storm moving through Northern California toppled trees and dropped heavy snow and record amounts of rain after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and Oregon.