Colder temps coming as thousands still wait for power
EVERETT — Lower temperatures are on the way as thousands of homes and businesses in Snohomish County and on Camano Island remain without power after a wind storm Friday night.
At the peak of power outages for Snohomish County Public Utility District, about 190,000 of the utility’s 360,000 customers lost power. Crews working around the clock had restored power to nearly 140,000 customers by Sunday afternoon, PUD spokesman Aaron Swaney said.
“For the amount of damage I’ve seen out there from crews sending me pictures, that’s pretty wild,” he said.
The combination of strong winds, saturated ground and leaves still clinging to branches topped entire trees instead of just limbs. More than 50 crews were working in the PUD’s service area, including 11 from other utility districts.
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