More rain and wind in forecast after hundreds lost power in Thurston County Monday night
Get ready for more wind and rain.
After a Monday night storm swept through Thurston County and knocked out power to hundreds, particularly in the northeast area of the county, the wind and the rain is set to return Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.
And once again the Washington coast and north interior are expected to feel the brunt of the storm, but Olympia can still expect up to an inch of rain and breezy conditions.
Monday night’s storm knocked down trees and power lines, creating long delays on McCorkle Road Southeast in Tumwater and on Libby Road in the northeast area of the county, said Lucy Mills, road operations manager for Thurston County Public Works.
McCorkle was closed late Monday and into Tuesday morning, Mills said.
If a tree has knocked down power lines, the road is closed until Puget Sound Energy shows up and repairs the problem, she said. Once that work is complete, the county can focus on removing trees from the road.
November weather was relatively dry in the Olympia area, but not December as Western Washington and the Olympia area deal with successive storms.
More than three inches of rain has fallen in the Olympia area so far this month. The typical December total is more than seven inches of rain.
This story was originally published December 18, 2018 at 10:36 AM.
