Snohomish County exec issues disaster proclamation for bomb cyclone
EVERETT — Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers issued an emergency proclamation Tuesday following last week’s bomb cyclone.
The proclamation “directs all applicable county departments to take actions deemed necessary to mitigate the storm’s impacts to private property and publicly owned infrastructure.”
“We know this powerful storm has disrupted the lives of many Snohomish County residents,” county Emergency Management Director Lucia Schmit said in a press release. “First responders and recovery teams have been working around the clock to keep people safe, restore electrical service and reopen roads. Today’s proclamation is another important step toward helping people through the challenge.”
Two people died in the storm. One woman, Deborah O’Connor, 65, died of compressional asphyxia and blunt force injuries after a large tree fell on an encampment off Alderwood Mall Parkway. Another woman died in Bellevue.
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