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Tens of thousands still without power following storm

A power outage at the Ballard Fred Meyer forced the store to operate on minimum power Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Seattle, with the aisles in various degrees of darkness. More than 140,000 households and businesses lost power Thursday as strong winds toppled trees, closed roads and even trapped a trampoline between power lines in western Washington. (Greg Gilbert / AP)
A power outage at the Ballard Fred Meyer forced the store to operate on minimum power Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Seattle, with the aisles in various degrees of darkness. More than 140,000 households and businesses lost power Thursday as strong winds toppled trees, closed roads and even trapped a trampoline between power lines in western Washington. (Greg Gilbert / AP)
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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 along the coast, near 60 mph inland and 117 mph at Mount Baker, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.

About 300,000 were without power on Thursday.