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Thousands without power in Seattle area, flights at Sea-Tac Airport, Boeing Field temporarily ground
grounded due to weatherThousands are out of power and all flights leaving Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Boeing Field were grounded for several minutes Monday as Western Washington continues to be buffeted by strong winds and heavy rainfall.
The grounding at Sea-Tac Airport affected flights already in the air — they were asked to delay their landing for about 15 minutes, according to the FFA’s website. Departing and arriving flights are expected to continue experiencing short delays, the website says.
More than 106,000 people statewide are currently without power, according to PowerOutage.US. In King County, 25,100 customers are currently without power. In Pierce and Snohomish counties, the number of customers without power are 6,507 and 4,463, respectively
Puget Sound Energy, which supplies power to most of Western Washington, is reporting 68,504 customers without power as of 1:33 p.m. You can view a list of all electric providers in Washington and how many outages they’re reporting here.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/thousands-without-power-in-seattle-area-flights-at-sea-tac-airport-boeing-field-temporarily-grounded-due-to-weather/ar-AAQJTHW