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Bonney Lake-Sumner Outages: More 100 Still Without Power
Puget Sound Energy is still working to restore power after yesterday's snowstorm.
BONNEY LAKE, WA - More than 100 people in the Bonney Lake-Sumner area were without power on Tuesday morning as Puget Sound Energy scrambles to restore power to thousands across an area stretching from Bothell to Centralia.
The local outages are small and scatted across the entire area, from seven people near Mountain View Elementary School in Edgewood to 70 people along the western shore of Lake Tapps.
Puget Sound Energy says that its crews are out in full force, but repairs are taking longer due to the nature of the outages - many small ones spread across a large area - and that some are hard to get to.
Find out what's happening in Bonney Lake-Sumnerfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Crews worked through the night, making steady progress restoring power to customers impacted by heavy snow, wind and ice. pic.twitter.com/yNUI2O1o4W
— Puget Sound Energy (@PSETalk) February 7, 2017
Crews will be out in full force today, working as fast and safely as they can to restore power.
— Puget Sound Energy (@PSETalk) February 7, 2017
Access remains difficult in many areas, slowing restoration efforts.
— Puget Sound Energy (@PSETalk) February 7, 2017
On Monday, there were close to 100,000 Puget Sound Energy customers without power in Western Washington. That number was down to about 25,000 by Tuesday morning.
Find out what's happening in Bonney Lake-Sumnerfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Image via Puget Sound Energy
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