A video shared from Skagit County, Washington, shows heavy rain pelting windows on Monday night as a powerful atmospheric river storm lashed the Pacific Northwest.

The Washington, D.C. region is bracing for a severe weather threat on Wednesday, with damaging wind gusts, heavy rain, hail, and a slight chance of tornadoes possible.

The main weather worry this week will come from heavy rain as several inches look likely. Fortunately, severe weather looks unlikely. Rainfall potential: The upper-level ridge that produced the ...