Days after storm, crews still work to repair power for some

SEATTLE -- On Monday, crews around the area worked to restore power to thousands of customers still without power from the weekend's storms, which knocked out electricity to nearly 500,000 customers in the Seattle area.

About 1,500 customers remained without power in Seattle, Seattle City Light officials said Monday, down from a peak of 58,000.

In Snohomish County, 23,000 residents were still without power as contractors worked hard overnight to restore lights and power.

In Skagit County, about 9,600 people remain without power. In Whatcom County, about 10,700 people are without lights.

Of the 500,000 people without power on Saturday, 238,000 were Puget Sound Energy customers, officials said. Most of those have been restored, but still more than 70 line crews and 16 tree crews from PSE are working to restore power to all customers.

Comcast XFINITY also reported service interruptions to many customers in Washington as a result of some commercial power outages.

The Seattle Department of Transportation says more than 75 fallen trees or limbs have been taken care of and major roads cleared.

A 36-year-old Gig Harbor man killed by a falling branch on Saturday has been identified as James Fay. A 10-year-old girl playing outside at a friend’s birthday party was killed by a falling tree limb Saturday.

The National Weather Service reported an 80 mph wind gust on Saturday on Destruction Island off the Olympic Peninsula. The storm set a rainfall record, as it dumped 1.28 inches of rain in a 24-hour period at Sea-Tac. The previous record for that day was .87 inches in 1983.

Rain and blustery weather remains on tap for the week, but should lighten up by the holiday weekend.