High Winds Create New Power Headaches for Some

Tuesday night's fierce winds created new power outages for Puget Sound Energy customers, including some in Sammamish who told Patch they lost power again last night. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory until 4 a.m. Jan. 25.

At midnight, there were 50,000 customers, including the 12,000 customers affected by last week's snow and ice storm, without power.

Overnight, PSE's service line employees restored power to 28,000 of the 38,000 customers who lost power Tuesday night. There are 10,000 customers who lost power overnight now without service, in addition to the 12,000 affected by last week's snow storm.

On Wednesday, PSE said its crews are staying on schedule to complete the restoration work to customers in parts of South King County, Pierce County and Thurston County who have been without power for nearly a week. The restorations are expected to be completed by end of day on Wednesday. If there's anyone still without power, call PSE at 1-888-225-5773.

PSE crews also expect to restore power on Wednesday to the vast majority of the 10,000 customers who lost power overnight. The greatest number of customers who lost power overnight are in Skagit and Kitsap counties,