Woman Killed By Fallen Tree During Monday's Winds

FALL CITY, WA — A woman died Monday morning amid high winds moving through the region, causing a tree to fall on Southeast 46th Street in Fall City. The greater Seattle area was under a wind advisory until noon Monday, with peak gusts near 60 mph recorded in Seattle.

Nearly 30,000 Puget Sound Energy customers were without power mid-morning, impacting homes and businesses around Sammamish, Issaquah, Maple Valley and Enumclaw.

Eastside Fire & Rescue medics rushed to the scene of a reported tree onto car in Fall City shortly before 9 a.m. and asked residents in the surrounding area to avoid driving in the foothills until the wind subsided. After crews arrived at the scene, they found the tree had fallen onto a woman, not a vehicle, and immediately began life-saving efforts.

The victim died at the scene and the investigation was turned over to the King County Sheriff's Office.

Puget Sound can expect much calmer, sunnier weather Tuesday but forecasters are tracking an atmospheric river bringing back widespread rain Thursday and into the weekend.