NEW storm pummels the West Coast, knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes

A new storm has hit the West Coast, leaving 200,000 without power as the rest of the US still recovers from Storm Elliott. 

The storm hit the West Coast with such force that trees were ripped from their roots, drivers were stranded on flooded roads, and winds reached up to over 100mph. 

On Tuesday evening, hundreds of thousands of people were without power throughout the Pacific Northwest, which has since dwindled to 52,521 in Oregon and 17,453 in Washington as of Wednesday afternoon. Those in the Snoqualmie and North Bend area of Washington are expected to get their power back between 4pm and 10pm.  

Most frightening, a new high tide record was set after it hit 18.4 feet on Tuesday morning, beating the 17.99 feet record set in 1987. 

It left massive flooding in the town until about 10am when the tide lowered, leaving residents driving through mid-tire high water and restaurants having to close for breakfast. 

'This is the worst I’ve ever seen in 35 years,' BJ Clausen, who works at Capital City Yachts, told King 5. 'I wish I would have brought my boots this morning.' 

The storm hit the West Coast with such force that trees were ripped from their roots (pictured), drivers were stranded on flooded roads, and winds up to over 100mph

On Tuesday evening, 190,000 people were without power throughout the Pacific Northwest, which has since dwindled to 52,521 in Oregon and 17,453 in Washington as of Wednesday afternoon after a storm flooded the West Coast 

Most frightening, a new high tide record was set after it hit 18.4 feet on Tuesday morning, beating the 17.99 feet record set in 1987. Other parts of the area, including Seattle (pictured) also experienced flooding 

Clausen said when he arrived to work there was four inches of standing water at his office. 

Local business owner, Pam Oates, who co-owns Budd Bay Café, said the surge 'caught her off guard.' Her team had to use a shop vacuum to suck all the water up to prepare for lunch and dinner service - it's the first time the restaurant has ever flooded. 

'We're resilient,' Oates told King 5. 

Another Olympia resident, Lena Drath, made a shocking discovery near Puget Sound, where she found a jellyfish stuck in a deep puddle. 

A video posted to Twitter shows Lena scooping up the jellyfish and running off to place it back into the Budd Inlet. 

'Aw, it's stuck,' she can be heard saying on the video as she pulls it out. 

Areas surrounding Puget Sound and some parts of Seattle also saw flooding. 

Coastal flooding and high wind advisories are in place for Western Washington and a flash flood warning has been issued for Northeast California, Lake Tahoe, and Sierra Nevada for Friday and Saturday. 

High wind gusts were also reported by the National Weather Service in Reno, which said Heavenly Summit, Mt. Rose Ski, and Mammoth Mountain all had wind gusts between 108 and 111mph. 

Some areas got up to 111mph wind gusts as the storm rocketed through and another is on its way, set to hit Thursday. The second storm is set to bring more heavy rainfall and potentially snow

A woman in Olympia, Washington, saved a jellyfish (pictured) that was washed up 

Meanwhile, Carson City, South Lake Tahoe, and Northwest Reno saw gusts between 51 and 56mph.  

Several highways in Portland were shut down on Tuesday due to flooding, according to KOIN. 

California saw a similar view, with 60 collisions on freeways during rush hour traffic. 

Mount Tamalpais State Park - near San Francisco - saw 4.1 inches of rain by 6am, according to CBS. 

Another storm is also heading toward the West Coast and is expected to hit the Pacific Northwest on Thursday, bringing another round of heavy rain. 

The second storm could cause mudslides and landslides and potentially feet of snow in some areas.   

A man pours water out of his home in Seattle that he barricaded with sandbags 

One man in Seattle kayaked through the streets after the storm