The problem that crews are facing is that as soon as one downed power line is repaired, “another tree comes down and takes it out again because of the heavy snow,” Puget Sound Energy spokesman Andrew Padula said.
A man walks through fresh snow in downtown Everett, Wash, that was hit with heavy snow briefly on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Another winter storm brought more snow to Western Washington through Wednesday morning, dropping more than a foot of snow on parts of the Olympic Peninsula.
Crews in Washington state cleared snow, power lines and trees that had fallen across a highway leading to small towns including Skykomish and Baring, allowing some residents who had been without power for nearly a week to leave and for supplies to be brought in Wednesday. On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Highway 2 fully reopened to all travelers.
Late Thursday afternoon, however, Puget Sound Energy officials were estimating that power could be restored as early as Friday afternoon. “These are my neighbors, my family. When the call went out for help, that’s what we did,” Vire told the Times. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said the state Emergency Management Division brought food, water and fuel to the area and also were offering voluntary evacuations.Farther south, snow also fell heavily on Snoqualmie Pass, a mountain pass that carries Interstate 90 through the Cascade Range. The state Department of Transportation said 80 inches of snow has fallen since last week, forcing several closures of Interstate 90, a major east-west freeway in the U.S.
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