Thousands without power near Fife, Bonney Lake as storms blow through Pierce County
Several thousand Pierce County residents lost power Monday as strong winds from a storm system hitting much of western Washington brought down trees and power lines.
The bulk of the outages were reported outside of Tacoma, with more than 2,000 without power on the Kitsap Peninsula, about 1,900 without power north of Bonney Lake near Lake Tapps and about 1,660 in the dark in Fife. In Tacoma, scattered outages were reported throughout the morning.
The outages in Tacoma affected about 4,000 Tacoma Public Utilities customers, a spokesperson said.
A wind advisory was in effect in the Tacoma area until 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. So far, the highest recorded wind speed for Tacoma was 25 mph around 11:40 a.m. Gusts were as high as 38 mph at about 11:10 a.m.
The power outage at Lake Tapps was reported at about 10:40 a.m. and was due to trees or vegetation, according to the Puget Sound Energy Outage map. Power was estimated to be restored by 1 p.m.
The outage in Fife was reported at 11:44 a.m., and the cause was under investigation, according to Tacoma Public Utilities. Power restoration was expected by about 2 p.m.
This story was originally published April 4, 2022 at 12:51 PM.
