The Brief
- Strong winds and rain knocked out power for tens of thousands across western Washington overnight, with around 15,000 customers still off the grid Sunday morning.
- Seattle’s Capitol Hill and South Seattle neighborhoods like Burien face the bulk of local outages, alongside scattered downed lines, trees, and streetlights.
- While utilities have restored power to tens of thousands since midnight, full restoration timelines for the remaining outages remain unclear.
WASHINGTON – Power outages continue to affect thousands of western Washington residents on Sunday morning after high wind gusts and rain rolled through the area on Saturday night.
By the numbers:
As of 10 a.m. on Sunday, Seattle City Light shows that 6,783 customers in King County remain without power. Just before midnight, that number was about 30,000.…