LAKE STEVENS — Several school districts were on two-hour late starts Wednesday after a storm at one point left over 57,000 without power in Snohomish County.
In Snohomish, Centennial Middle School and Machias Elementary were closed for the day. Other schools in the district were operating normally. In Lake Stevens, all schools were starting two hours late.
Granite Falls and Monroe schools were also starting two hours late. And in Edmonds, Alderwood Middle School and Martha Lake Elementary were on a late start.
As of 7:40 a.m., Marysville Getchell High School was operating on emergency power. Power was out at Allen Creek and Sunnyside elementary schools, but expected to be restored soon, according to a social media post from the district. By 8 a.m., power had been restored to all Marysville schools. All schools were operating on normal schedules.
As of 8:05 a.m., just 5,000 customers of the Snohomish County Public Utility District remained without power, with Lake Stevens, Marysville and Mill Creek hit the hardest. That was down from more than 57,000 without power at one point Wednesday morning.
Western Snohomish County was under a flood advisory until 8:45 a.m. Wednesday as thunderstorms moving toward the Cascades had the potential to cause poor drainage spots to overflow.
On 44th Avenue W in Lynnwood, flooding closed the road in the 20800 block.
Fallen trees also blocked three lanes of I-5 south near Everett Mall Way early Wednesday.
Forecasts indicated the rain wouldn’t be enough to flood Snohomish County rivers, though the Stillaguamish River rose rapidly overnight, according to the National Weather Service.
Jake Goldstein-Street: 425-339-3439; jake.goldstein-street@heraldnet.com; X: @GoldsteinStreet.
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