DEEP FREEZE

Seattle Under Ice

100,000 lose power.

Washington state had a little bit harder time digging out Thursday when an ice storm hit—on top of the snow that fell at rates of up to an inch an hour in some parts of the state. Officials said up to 100,000 homes and businesses had lost power, and downed trees could cause some to be without power in the freezing temperatures until Saturday. The National Weather Service issued a storm warning for much of the area that is expected to lift around noon, but Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is enduring a temporary shutdown, and the dicey conditions caused a semi truck to roll on Interstate 5 in the early hours of the morning. Seattle’s forecast calls for freezing rain through the morning and up to an inch of fresh powder later in the day.