SEATTLE -- High winds and heavy rain overnight cut power, toppled trees and snarled traffic across Puget Sound neighborhoods, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Wind and wet soil caused branches to drop and trees to fall into power lines and at least two houses. VIDEO: Trees, Branches Crash Into Homes

In Shoreline, the trunk of a tree punched through the siding of a home's garage and then hit a house next door, causing major damage.

In Bellevue, a large tree came down at Northeast First Street and Lake Washington Boulevard Northeast, blocking traffic and causing fire crews to respond.

In north Seattle police blamed an early-morning car crash on the weather in which a Volvo went out of control at 5530 25th Avenue Northeast, hit a parked BMW, and pushed it into the car ahead.

Police said the driver of the Volvo was injured and transported to a local hospital. His condition was not immediately known.

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Traffic was jammed for drivers on state Route 167, Interstate 5 in Everett, and on state Route 512 in Puyallup, where a crash further snarled the commute. Standing water on roadways caused treacherous conditions for drivers on highway 99 and other areas.

Meanwhile, others woke up without power across Western Washington.

Puget Sound Energy reported that 90 people were without power in Kenmore, while as many as 2,400 customers were without power in Tumwater Tuesday morning. In addition, two major buildings, the Bank of California and the Fifth and Madison Building in downtown Seattle had no power starting at 2:50 a.m. Get more details.

Seattle City Light also reported spotty outages in Lake Forest Park and Shoreline.

KIRO 7 Meterologist Rick VanCise said the worst of the rain came down Tuesday morning, especially over Everett, Gold Bar, Lynnwood and downtown Seattle. VanCise said that system was moving to the Bothell-Woodinville area.

Earlier Tuesday there were wind gusts of up to 30mph in the north Sound but the winds have since settled and moved to the southeast corner of the state.

VanCise said weather will continue to be wet and breezy and drivers should be aware of standing water on roadways.

Rain showers are expected to back off by Tuesday night, but 2 to 6 inches of snow is expected in the Cascades, where a winter weather advisory is in effect until 3 p.m.