Crews working to restore power throughout Puget Sound
Hundreds of customers without power throughout Puget Sound
Crews are working to restore power to hundreds of customers throughout Western Washington.
WASHINGTON - Crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers throughout Western Washington on Wednesday.
Puget Sound Energy reported that there were 64 active outages affecting more than 10,000 customers at 9 p.m.
Seattle City Light said about 220 customers were without power.
In Jefferson County, about 800 customers lost power at about 4:30 a.m. By the afternoon, most of the power had been restored.
Heavy rain and strong winds hit the region Wednesday morning. According to FOX 13 Meteorologist Brian MacMillan, winds could gust as strong as 50 to 55 mph into the early afternoon, especially in the north sound and over the north islands. Wind gusts in the central and south sound will be in the 30 to 40 mph range for the most part.
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This is a developing story, and will be updated.