Wind knocks out power for nearly 100K; dozens of line crews working to restore electricity

The worst of the windstorm passed beyond the Spokane area as of 7:30 a.m., said National Weather Service meteorologist Daniel Butler. The region could still see wind gusts as high as 55 mph throughout the morning before the wind dies down to peaks of around 20 mph by the evening.

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Wed., Dec. 17, 2025

First responders work the scene after a semitruck blew over on Highway 95 just south of Moscow on Wednesday after a severe wind storm hit the region.

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A vehicle from the Moscow Volunteer Fire Department drives past a tree that fell on a power line during a wind storm on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Moscow, Idaho.

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A Moscow police officer photographs a tree that fell on a vehicle during a wind storm on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Moscow, Idaho.

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Workers from the Moscow Street Department cut up a large tree branch that fell across South Almon Street on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Moscow, Idaho.

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Workers from the Moscow Street Department cut up a large tree branch that fell across South Almon Street on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Moscow, Idaho.

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A person walks near a large tree that blew down during a wind storm on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.

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Emergency responders work on U.S. Highway 95 after a tractor-trailer blew onto its side during a wind storm on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Moscow, Idaho.

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A worker with Lumen helps remove the limbs of a large Ponderosa tree that fell and took out utility lines one both sides of Bernard Street at 22nd Avenue during Wednesday’s windstorm.

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A large ponderosa pine tree fell during Wednesday morning’s windstorm taking out power lines and just brushing the side of a house at 22nd Avenue and Bernard Street. Another fallen tree at 25th and Bernard is also blocking the road.

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The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office says a 55-year-old man was hit and killed by a tree that fell onto his home on the 100 block of Theis Lane in the Village of Fernan on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.

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A tree fell in front of a private residence and Winton Elementary bringing down power lines in Coeur d'Alene during the wind storm on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. School was cancelled .

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