Crews continue to restore power to thousands | FOX 13 Seattle

Published: Dec 26, 2022 Duration: 00:02:40 Category: News & Politics

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hour by hour, coming up within the next 15 minutes. Lisa Thank you. And tonight, thousands are without power . Thanks to this winter weather. This is a look at Puget Sound Energy's outage map more than 8000 customers currently in the dark down power lines and fallen trees are most likely to blame those trees falling under the weight of snow ice and now range from all these various storms. Cruz telling us that the working around the clock to remove them and start to restore power, But they're not worried that this new system could bring even more issues. 13 Zach Anders joins us from Bellevue. So, Zack, How are things looking out there? Yeah you can see behind me. The crews are working to try and get the power back on here to a neighborhood in Bellevue. There are many areas across the sound that had their power knocked out by fierce winds, and those winds are expected to return a winded vise ary in place from tomorrow morning. Seven A.m. until the early morning hours of Wednesday, and gusts could reach up to 50 miles an hour. Some homes finally getting their power back tonight. Like this neighborhood in Bellevue started, like roughly seven AM It's just really dark. This stretch of wild weather continues skating in their shoes down the road. Yeah it was hard because, like no one could go anywhere. There has been hard because trees are falling down, and that's what caused the power to go out here. If it wasn't the cold, the heavy snow or the ice storm, it was the wind that knocked the power out. And now our attention turns to the ground arborists like Josiah Macaulay outlined our next concern. On top of that you have the saturated soil. Um that can cause Uprooting with the winds mixed in oil could make some trees more susceptible to eventually falling over. Josiah says there is a way to measure the damage done by a round of wind for those wanting to keep an eye on the health of the trees in their yard. Just like hang hang a rock or a weight on a string on like the lowest branch and then wear that. Smart You just market right there and just watch if that Wait or where you marked the ground If it's moved at all, so just pay attention to that, and it's like Oh, It's moved a few inches, You know, that means the tree could potentially be compromised, said it is plenty important to keep an eye on the trees in your yard. And if you do think one is suspect that you can call a tree servicer , he says. Most of the time, the ones in our area walk for free inspection to come. Take a look at a tree if you're worried about it, But the most important thing, of course, is keeping yourself and others safe. In these high wind events, avoid walking underneath trees, a branch or the tree itself could go in a matter of seconds and cause a lot

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