Over 519,200 without power as ‘bomb cyclone’ brings strong winds to western Washington

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SEATTLE — Thousands of people in Western Washington were without power Tuesday night as a “bomb cyclone” brought strong winds to the region.

The National Weather Service issued a high wind warning for the Washington coast, eastern Puget Sound lowlands and areas near Bellevue until early Wednesday morning. The warning was expanded to include the Seattle and Everett areas Tuesday night. Winds between 30-40 mph were possible, with gusts up to 65 mph expected.

Areas closer to the Puget Sound shoreline were under a less severe wind advisory Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

From Tuesday at As of 9/22, at least 519,252 outages were reported in Western Washington.

Below is an overview of the reported outages by utility company:

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At 19.41 PSE wrote the X that its website outage map was experiencing issues and they were working to resolve the issue.

NWS tweeted just after 19, 77 mph gusts were reported at sunrise at Mount Rainier, 74 mph gusts in Enumclaw, 57 mph gusts in Federal Way, and 55 mph gusts at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

At 20:29, Sound Transit wrote on X that they experienced “significant delays” on Line 1 due to the weather. They also noted that they are experiencing outages at some 2 line stations.

South County Fire reported that shortly after 1 p.m. a woman in her 50s died due to a tree falling on a homeless camp off Alderwood Mall Parkway in Lynnwood. No other injuries were reported, according to South County Fire.

Crews with Eastside Fire and Rescue responded to at least two trees that had fallen on buildings at 17:20 on Tuesday.

First responders throughout the region are reminding the community to be aware of their surroundings and not to travel in this weather if possible.

Officials say it is never safe to approach a power line that is on the ground, often called a “down” power line. These wires can still be energized and electrocute people. You should stay at least 30 feet away from any downed power line and call the utility company to report it. If the downed line is life-threatening, such as causing a fire or touching an occupied car, call 911.

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