Forecasters across the United States have issued severe weather warnings ahead of another wave of winter storms that could potentially impact travel around the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Meanwhile, parts of the Pacific Northwest and California continued to recover from storm damage and widespread power outages as they brace for more impact.

In California, where a person was found dead in a submerged vehicle on Saturday, authorities braced for more precipitation as they dealt with flooding and small landslides from an earlier storm. Thousands of people in the Pacific Northwest were without power after several days in the dark.

The National Weather Service office in Sacramento, California, has issued a winter storm warning for the state’s Sierra Nevada from Saturday through Tuesday, with heavy snow expected at higher elevations and wind gusts possibly reaching 55 miles per hour. Total snowfall of about four feet was forecast, with the heaviest accumulations expected Monday and Tuesday.

“A weak low-pressure system will continue to send a plume of moisture to the West Coast over the next few days,” the Weather Prediction Center said in an advisory Sunday, which was in effect through Tuesday. “This will likely result in rain along the coast and at low elevations, while moderate to heavy snow will spread across coastal areas of Washington, Oregon and California.”

The heaviest snow was expected to fall across parts of the Sierra Nevada, forecasters said, noting that areas in the Colorado Rockies were also likely to see snow showers in the coming days. Another one atmospheric river event It was forecast to arrive in parts of central California on Tuesday.

The Midwest and Great Lakes regions will see rain and snow on Monday, and the East Coast will be hardest hit over Thanksgiving and Black Friday, forecasters said.

CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said the holiday outlook was still uncertain late last week, but the weather system could bring rain and snow to the Northeastern U.S., while temperatures would warm across most of the country outside the Southeast. can decrease.

“While models may change over the next few days, Thanksgiving Day shows a low-pressure system moving through the east and entering the Northeast during the evening hours,” Nolan said Friday.

A low-pressure system is expected to bring rain to the southeast early Thursday before moving northeast. Areas from Boston to New York could see rain and high winds, with snowfall possible in parts of northern New Hampshire, northern Maine and the Adirondacks. If the system moves further inland, less snow and more rain could fall in the mountains, forecasters said.

At least two people were killed earlier this week when severe weather hit the Pacific Northwestbringing strong winds and rain, closing schools and causing widespread power outages. The two who died were killed by falling trees in Lynnwood and Bellevue, both in Washington state, officials said. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power, mostly in the Seattle area, before strong winds swept through Northern California.

Rescue crews in Guerneville, California, recovered a body in a vehicle floating in the water around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Rob Dillion said, noting that the deceased was believed to have been a victim of the storm but that there no autopsy had yet taken place. carried out.

Santa Rosa, California, experienced its wettest three-day period on record Friday evening with about a foot of rain, the National Weather Service in the Bay Area reported. Vineyards in nearby Windsor, California, were flooded on Saturday.

About 80,000 people in the Seattle area were still without electricity after the strongest weather this season atmospheric rivera long plume of moisture that forms over an ocean and flows over land. The atmospheric river overwhelmed parts of the Pacific Northwest and California, and was the strongest weather event of its kind all season.

The storm system hit the area on Tuesday. It was considered a ‘bomb cyclone’, which occurs when a cyclone rapidly intensifies. Although the intensity of the atmospheric river peaked later in the week, forecasters had warned that another bout of severe weather was on its way.

Power came back in the afternoon at Katie Skipper’s home in North Bend, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Seattle, after being out since Tuesday. She was tired of taking cold showers, heating herself with a wood stove and using a generator to run the refrigerator, but Skipper said those inconveniences paled in comparison to the damage other people suffered, such as from fallen trees.

“That’s really sad and scary,” she said.

Another storm brought rain to New York and New Jersey, where rare wildfires have raged in recent weeks, and heavy snow to northeastern Pennsylvania. The precipitation was expected to help alleviate the drought after an exceptionally dry autumn.

“It won’t be drought relief, but it will certainly help if this all melts,” said Bryan Greenblatt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Binghamton, New York.

Heavy snow fell across northeastern Pennsylvania, including the Pocono Mountains. Higher highs reported up to 17 inches, with smaller accumulations in valley cities including Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Fewer than 80,000 customers in 10 provinces were disconnected.

Rainfall in West Virginia put a dent in the state’s worst drought in at least two decades and boosted ski areas preparing to open their slopes in the coming weeks.