SEATTLE — As of 3 p.m. here are the latest numbers of power outages around the Sound:
- Whatcom County: 0
- Skagit County: 59
- Snohomish County: 13,371
- King County: 8,659
- Pierce County: 1,771
- Thurston County: 77
- Mason County: 205
- Jefferson County: 120
Power crews across Western Washington scrambled Monday to multiple outages.
Seattle City Light crews responded to several outages that took out power to thousands of customers.
Earlier today more than 6,985 were without power in the Capitol Hill neighborhood around 5 a.m. About a half hour later, more than 9,000 customers in the Queen Anne, Interbay, and Magnolia areas lost power. Outages sprang up in Lake City, Phinney Ridge, and Wedgwood neighborhoods.
At one point, Seattle City Light tweeted: “There are currently many scattered outages across our service territory. We are doing our best to get everyone’s power restored as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.”
In Pierce County, more than 29,000 customers went dark around 6 a.m.
Tacoma Public Utilities’ outage map showed multiple outages from Frederickson to Elk Plain and from Graham to the east to JBLM to the west.
By 8:00 a.m., most of the outages were restored, except for 5,600 customers in the Graham area.
Tacoma Public Utilities tweeted they are working on removing a large fir tree from transmission lines.
In North Bend in east King County, more than 5,300 customers woke up without power Monday morning. But those customers got their power restored around 7 a.m., according to Puget Sound Energy.
This story will continue to be updated.
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