STORM: One dead, several injured from falling trees; thousands lost power

SEATTLE -- One person died, a 15-year-old girl was hospitalized and more than 170,000 people were without power at one point on Monday night after a heavy windstorm battered Western Washington.

Meteorologists on Monday issued a high wind warning for much of Western Washington -- from Lewis County north through Snohomish County. Wind gusts reached more than 60 MPH in places.

At about 6:20 p.m., one person died and another was injured when their car was hit with a tree on 158th Pl. SE in Renton.

A 15-year-old girl was seriously injured in Port Orchard after a tree hit a home at around 5 p.m., and  was sent to the hospital.

Shortly before 6 p.m., there were more than 150,000 customers without power in the Puget Sound Energy, Tacoma Power, Snohomish County PUD and Seattle City Light service areas. At 10:35 p.m. Monday, the number of customers without power in the Puget Sound region was still over 100,000, although it had dropped from the highest levels.

Shortly after 3 p.m., the National Weather Service said "winds considerably increasing, a report of a 63 MPH gust has been received from West Seattle. Please be extremely careful the next couple of hours."

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Winds that high can be dangerous, so remember to be aware of your surroundings.

Winds won't be quite as strong on Tuesday, but we're expecting even more rain.