Thousands lose power in Seattle on hottest day of the year

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Thousands of customers lost power in northern Seattle on Monday morning. The outages came amid a heat advisory, with the city on track to experience its hottest day of 2026. 

More than 3,000 people and businesses were without power just before 11 a.m. on June 15. The outages began on the western side of Lake Union and extend up to Ballard and Discovery park areas. 

Seattle City Light outage map for June 15 at 11 a.m.

Seattle City Light was able to restore service at 12:59 p.m. The cause remained under investigation heading into the afternoon. 

More information is available on the Seattle City Light outage map page

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The Source: Information in this story came from the Seattle City Light website.

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