SEATTLE (AP) - About 70,000 households and businesses remained without power early Friday following a windstorm in western Washington that took down trees and power lines.
At their peak Thursday, gusts reached 74 mph (120 kph) along the coast, near 60 mph (96 kph) inland and 117 mph (188 kph) at Mount Baker, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.
About 300,000 were without power on Thursday.
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