High winds caused a major power outage in Kent on Tuesday afternoon, leaving nearly 7,200 residents without power.
At approximately 12:06 p.m., the outage was first reported, with six separate outages in the Kent area totaling 7,205 impacted Puget Sound Energy (PSE) customers, according to the PSE outage map.
PSE noted the cause of the outages is likely limbs, trees, or vegetation that made contact with power lines…