Nearly 3,000 West Seattle residents lost power Wed morning due to fallen tree
Aug 13, 2025, 6:17 AM | Updated: 6:19 am
A Seattle Department of Transportation city camera shows a dark stoplight signal due to the outage. (Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
Nearly 3,000 people in West Seattle are without power Wednesday morning due to a power outage.
According to Seattle City Light, the outage started at approximately 2 a.m. Wednesday after a tree fell onto power lines, knocking out power. Approximately 2,717 customers were affected by the power outage.
Power is expected to be restored by 7 a.m., according to Seattle City Light’s outage map.
There is currently an outage affecting 2700 people in West Seattle near the Junction. The cause of the outage was a tree that fell into power lines. We are waiting for the necessary crews and equipment to make repairs and reconnect power to all customers. pic.twitter.com/Hc9KgQQFop
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) August 13, 2025
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced that all dark or flashing signals in West Seattle should be treated as all-way stops.
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