Windstorm topples trees, closes highways, cuts power to thousands

After a similar windstorm cut power to thousands last week, another windstorm hit the area on Monday, toppling trees that blocked roads and cut power to thousands of customers.

In addition to trees falling onto highways and power lines, a tree fell onto a woman in Fall City Monday morning, killing her, according to Eastside Fire & Rescue.

At the height of the high winds, more than 40,000 customers were without power. Since then, the outages dropped as the winds calmed down.

Tree down in Renton (City of Renton)

Tree falls on person in Fall City One person was killed when a tree fell on them in Fall City.

Tree down in Renton A tree came down on Oaksdale Avenue SW at SW 27th Street in Renton. (City of Renton)

Tree down in Kent Both directions of the West Valley Hwy at Todd Blvd were closed due to downed power lines. (Puget Sound Fire)

Tree down on SR 410 Tree down on State Route 410. (WSP)

Tree down in North Bend area Tanner Electric Cooperative said a fallen tree on Middle Fork Road in North Bend caused a power outage. (Tanner Electric Cooperative)

Tree down in Tukwila Tukwila police said there were a few downed trees around the city including one at City Hall and one blocking the bridge to Foster Point. (Tukwila Police Department)

Fallen trees caused road closures

All lanes in both directions of State Route 18 between Issaquah-Hobart Road Southeast and Interstate 90 were closed due to fallen trees.

In Pacific, fallen trees caused a crash that blocked the right lane of northbound SR 167 at Stewart Road Southeast.

Multiple fallen trees blocked both directions of State Route 706 near the Elbe east city limits.

Fallen trees blocked State Route 410 at milepost 41.

Trees and power lines that fell onto roads were also reported in North Bend, Renton, Kent, Tukwila and Burien.

A transformer fire was reported in Bellevue.