The Brief
- A windstorm left more than 25,000 Pierce County residents without power Wednesday, with impacts lasting throughout the day.
- A Tacoma family with critical medical needs struggled for hours without electricity and said they had trouble getting updates from Tacoma Public Utilities.
- TPU says crews have been working since early Wednesday and restored power to the family late that night, with remaining outages continuing to drop.
TACOMA, Wash. – Over 25,000 Pierce County residents were left in the dark Wednesday night after a windstorm pounded western Washington, with impacts lasting throughout the day.
Local perspective:
Early Wednesday morning, the winds in Tacoma started taking down trees and branches near East M Street and East 56th Street.…