Windy weather caused a handful of power outages that affected thousands Tuesday and prompted the cancellation of the preschool program at Harmony Elementary School.
A wind advisory issued by the National Weather Service in Portland on Monday, set to begin at 10 p.m. and expire at 7 a.m. Tuesday, was updated to expire at 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Vancouver, Battle Ground, Ridgefield, Washougal, Yacolt and Amboy were among the affected communities, which also included the Portland metro.
East winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 to 45 mph were predicted, according to the advisory.
“Tree limbs and even a few large trees could be uprooted. Isolated to scattered power outages can be expected,” the advisory said.
Trees did indeed fall on power lines throughout the county.
Clark Public Utilities spokeswoman Erica Erland said in an email there were a total of seven outages overnight scattered across the county that affected about 3,500 customers. The outages were mainly in eastern and northern parts of Clark County, Erland said.
“As of this morning, we were down to a handful of customers still out of power,” Erland said.
The utility had restored power to 3,416 customers by 7 a.m., but there were still small pockets, mainly in rural and residential areas, without power.
There were reportedly trees into power lines in Washougal, east Vancouver and north Clark County near Lewisville Regional Park.
The Southwest Washington Child Care Consortium canceled its before-school care at Harmony Elementary School due to a power outage. No other school closures occurred.
The outages continued into the late morning. About 1,400 customers in the Orchards area lost power around 10 a.m. due to yet another tree falling on electrical wires, according to the utility’s outage map. Power was quickly restored, however.
“The wind is still blowing so we’re rotating our folks home to rest as they wrap up the work overnight and will be continuing to respond to outages as the occur through this weather event,” Erland said shortly before noon.
Source: https://www.columbian.com
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