Wind storm claims 1 life. Commute troubles, power outages.

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Wind storm claims 1 life. Commute troubles, power outages.</h1>
                <h2><p>A wind blew over a tree, killing a car driver in the Monroe area shortly after 1 p.m. today, The Herald reports. About the same time, a wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Snohomish County Airport. Rainfall levels were bringing flood conditions to several area rivers,</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jan 12, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>A wind blew over a tree, killing a car driver in the Monroe area shortly after 1 p.m. today, <a href="http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20151117/NEWS01/151119206/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Herald reports</a>. About the same time, a wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Snohomish County Airport. Rainfall levels were bringing flood conditions to several area rivers, including the Skykomish and the Stillaguamish north of Seatle. <a href="http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/huge-weather-system-moving-wind-rain-mountain-snow/npNxM/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">KIRO 7 reports </a>flooding in the Kent area, and that power was out for an estimated 200,000 people. An outage in Snohomish County forced Edmonds Community College to close the campus and cancel all classes for the evening.</p><p>Just before 5:30 p.m., Sound Transit said its commuter trains from Seattle had stopped just south of Everett because of trees on the tracks.  The agency expected to allow trains to go on to Everett Station as soon as the debris could be cleared by crews. There were also troubles that halted commuter service south of Auburn Station for a time but the tracks there were cleared by 5:45 p.m.</p>
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A wind blew over a tree, killing a car driver in the Monroe area shortly after 1 p.m. today, The Herald reports. About the same time, a wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Snohomish County Airport. Rainfall levels were bringing flood conditions to several area rivers, including the Skykomish and the Stillaguamish north of Seatle. KIRO 7 reports flooding in the Kent area, and that power was out for an estimated 200,000 people. An outage in Snohomish County forced Edmonds Community College to close the campus and cancel all classes for the evening.

Just before 5:30 p.m., Sound Transit said its commuter trains from Seattle had stopped just south of Everett because of trees on the tracks. The agency expected to allow trains to go on to Everett Station as soon as the debris could be cleared by crews. There were also troubles that halted commuter service south of Auburn Station for a time but the tracks there were cleared by 5:45 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi