STATE OF EMERGENCY.

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. I'm Cynthia McFadden. We begin tonight with some powerful weather in the Pacific Northwest tearing into buildings, toppling gigantic trees and power wires, leaving many residents in the cold and dark. Seattle is famous for its rain, but today, much of the Northwest is struggling through floodwaters and hurricane-force winds gusting up to nearly 130 miles an hour. At least two people already have died. Neal Karlinsky is outside Olympia, Washington tonight and he joins us now. Neal? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]