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Storm knocks out power in Wash. state 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
SUMNER, Wash. - Tens of thousands of people remained without power Thursday morning after rainstorms again battered coastal Washington, just a week after warm-weather storms caused flooding that killed two people and damaged hundreds of homes.
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The new storms hit Wednesday as state and federal emergency management officials began touring areas hit hard by last week's flooding.
This time, the storms packed less rain but stronger winds, blowing down trees, closing roads and bridges and leaving roughly 150,000 homes and businesses without electricity at one point.
With rainfall largely ending by daybreak Thursday, National Weather Service flood warnings remained in effect for mostly minor overflows of the Skagit River.
Puget Sound Energy, the state's largest utility, reported 30,000 customers still in the dark early Thursday, mostly in the northwest part of the state, and spokeswoman Dorothy Bracken said some might not get power again until Saturday.
A blown-down tree blocked the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 for a time near Bellingham, and State Route 104 was closed for several hours over the Hood Canal floating bridge between the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.
The latest rains raised the total for the month to 11.63 inches at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as Wednesday night, breaking the old record of 11.62 inches set in November 1998, the National Weather Service reported.
A similar storm is expected to hit the region on Sunday.
SUMNER, Wash. - Tens of thousands of people remained without power Thursday morning after rainstorms again battered coastal Washington, just a week after warm-weather storms caused flooding that killed two people and damaged hundreds of homes.
ADVERTISEMENT
The new storms hit Wednesday as state and federal emergency management officials began touring areas hit hard by last week's flooding.
This time, the storms packed less rain but stronger winds, blowing down trees, closing roads and bridges and leaving roughly 150,000 homes and businesses without electricity at one point.
With rainfall largely ending by daybreak Thursday, National Weather Service flood warnings remained in effect for mostly minor overflows of the Skagit River.
Puget Sound Energy, the state's largest utility, reported 30,000 customers still in the dark early Thursday, mostly in the northwest part of the state, and spokeswoman Dorothy Bracken said some might not get power again until Saturday.
A blown-down tree blocked the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 for a time near Bellingham, and State Route 104 was closed for several hours over the Hood Canal floating bridge between the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.
The latest rains raised the total for the month to 11.63 inches at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as Wednesday night, breaking the old record of 11.62 inches set in November 1998, the National Weather Service reported.
A similar storm is expected to hit the region on Sunday.