2 Dead in Separate Tree-Related Incidents After ’Bomb Cyclone’ Struck Washington State

Mar. 15, 2025

In a Facebook post,South County Firesaid that firefighters responded after a large tree fell on a homeless encampment off Alderwood Mall Parkway in Lynnwood during the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 19.

“Tragically, a woman in her 50s died,” said South County Fire. “No other injuries were reported.”

In an email to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for South County Fire said the fire service had no additional information to share about the incident or would identity of the victim.

“The weather conditions were so dangerous in the vicinity that Kirkland Aid Car 126 transported the man away from the home and to safety,” the Bellevue Fire Department said.

In an email to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for the Bellevue Fire Department said the victim in that incident was a 65-year-old woman, adding that the police and fire departments were determining the best course of action to remove the tree from the home.

The spokesperson also said that the victim’s husband was with his family members and pastor.

KOMO Newsreported that at least five people were hospitalized — one of them in critical condition — at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center with injuries related to the storm.

The deaths and injuries came after the bomb cyclone struck the Pacific Northwest the day before.

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Nearly 500,000 people across Washington state are without electricity,PowerOutage.usreported as of 2:40 p.m. ET on Nov. 20. In Seattle, about 40,000 customers were without power that same afternoon, according toSeattle City Light.

Meanwhile, about 85,000 customers don’t have power in British Columbia as of 2:45 p.m. ET on Nov. 20,BC Hydroreported.

TheWashington Emergency Management Divisionsaid on Nov. 19 that it had seen maximum wind gusts in some areas of the Pacific Northwest Coast measuring 50 to 65 mph, adding that the South Puget Sound experienced gusts of 30 to 35 mph and parts of North Puget Sound had 50 mph gusts.

According to an update posted at 3 p.m ET on Nov. 20,  the National Weather Service’sWeather Prediction Centersaid that “back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems” are expected to affect the West Coast the rest of the week “with heavy rain, life-threatening flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow.”

source: people.com