SPOKANE — More than 90,000 customers remain without power after major storms that killed three people struck the Northwest earlier this week.
About 64,000 of those customers are served by Avista Corp. in Spokane County. The Spokane region was hit with a major wind storm Tuesday, with winds topping 70 mph. The winds caused widespread damage in the region. Schools in Spokane have been closed since the storm hit.
About 4,600 Avista customers are without power in adjacent Kootenai County, Idaho.
The Snohomish County Public Utility District, which serves that county north of Seattle, reported about 20,000 customers still without power Friday.
Also, about 1,200 customers of Puget Sound Energy, which serves the Puget Sound region, remained without power Friday
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