The Pacific Northwest braces for a new round of ice and freezing rain after deadly weekend storm

The Pacific Northwest was bracing for freezing rain and ice Tuesday even as tens of thousands of residents struggled with a dayslong power outage wrought by a weekend storm that was blamed for at least five deaths. Freezing rain was forecast in the Seattle area late Tuesday, and parts of southwest Washington and western Oregon — including the state's largest cities of Portland, Salem and Eugene — were under an ice storm warning, with meteorologists expecting up to half an inch of ice through early Wednesday. “We’re lucky to be alive,” said Lake Oswego, Oregon, resident Justin Brooks, as he used a chainsaw to cut up two massive tree trunks that narrowly missed his home when they fell.