Deadly winds cause havoc in Seattle, Vancouver
SEATTLE/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A storm packing heavy rains and winds gusting at more than 90 mph (145 km/h) slammed into an already-soggy Pacific Northwest, killing three people, officials said on Friday.
The high winds began hitting the Pacific Coast region of Canada and the United States late on Thursday, and had begun to slow as daybreak arrived on Friday, but not before gusts of up to 69 mph (111 km/h) were recorded by weather forecasters in Seattle and 59 mph (95 km/h) in Vancouver, British Columbia, early Friday morning.
Puget Sound Energy estimated about 700,000 customers, or about two-thirds of its customers had lost power. "The storm's ongoing damage rivals, and may even exceed, the notorious Inaugural Day storm of 1993," The Washington state utility said.
British Columbia Hydro said an estimated 250,000 customers were without power in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island, where crews were still struggling to repair damaged from storms that had hit earlier in the week.
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