Crews work to fix outage after more than 7K were without power in Snohomish County - KOMO News
Crews work to fix outage after more than 7K were without power in Snohomish County
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — More than 7,000 people were without power in Snohomish County.
The Snohomish County Public Utility District's (PUD) outage map showed 7,203 customers affected by the outage at 2:00 p.m. By 5:45 p.m., that number had fallen to 564.
The main areas affected appeared to be near Silver Firs, North Creek, and Maltby.
KOMO News has reached out to the Snohomish County PUD but has not yet heard back.
The cause of the outage is not currently known.
The outage comes as western Washington braces for heavy mountain snow this week.
To report an outage, head to the PUD website.
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