US regulators are seeking to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup calls for a sale of Google's industry-leading Chrome web browser and restrictions to prevent Android from favoring its own search engine. A major storm has battered the US Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools, and downing trees that killed at least two people. The storm system, which hit starting Tuesday, is considered a 'bomb cyclone,' which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly.