India, Nov. 8 -- SEATTLE - West Seattle lost its lights in waves on Saturday evening. The first reports came in at 8.44 pm, before the storm's worst had even arrived. By 9.05 pm, the outages were on the map. Within 20 minutes, tens of thousands of homes across South and West Seattle had gone dark.

Over 40,000 Seattle City Light customers were without power due to the strong winds and heavy rain. According to Seattle City Light, about 46,000 people were without power, extending from Shoreline all the way down to Gregory Heights.

A fall storm brought down trees and power lines in parts of Seattle on Saturday night. Several thousand customers were without power as strong winds and heavy rain swept through western Washington. As of 10.30 pm...