--- description: Two people were killed on Saturday in a Seattle-area windstorm that left nearly half a million residents without power. title: 2 Killed in Seattle-Area Windstorm image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte91a22ddb96b73aa/6988619a0a4a2259b29c5dd4/seattle-windstorm.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 2 Killed in Seattle-Area Windstorm  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 30, 2015 7:40 PM CUT  People look at a row of downed trees after they were knocked down during a windstorm on Aug. 29, 2015, in Lynnwood, Wash. People look at a row of downed trees after they were knocked down during a windstorm on Aug. 29, 2015, in Lynnwood, Wash.Joshua Trujillo—AP  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 30, 2015 7:40 PM CUT Two people were killed on Saturday in a powerful Seattle-area windstorm that left nearly half a million residents without power, authorities said. Police said that golf course manager James Fay, 36, of Gig Harbor died after a tree fell on his car while driving home from Costco with his daughter, who was uninjured, [the Seattle _Times_ reports.](http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/one-person-killed-thousands-lose-power-in-windstorm/ "undefined") Another victim, Samara Iereneo, 10, of Burien, was killed by a falling tree branch while attending a birthday party at a friend’s home, police said. About 463,000 people across the Pacific Northwest lost power due to the high-speed winds, which were up to [63 mph](http://mynorthwest.com/11/2802568/Two-dead-thousands-without-power-as-wind-storm-hits-Puget-Sound "undefined") in some parts of Washington. The gusts also led to several road and highway closures due to falling trees and branches. \[[Seattle _Times_](http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/one-person-killed-thousands-lose-power-in-windstorm/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4016358/seattle-windstorm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4016358/seattle-windstorm/"},"headline":"2 Killed in Seattle-Area Windstorm","datePublished":"2015-08-30T19:40:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:33:23.410Z","description":"Half a million people were left without power","url":"https://time.com/4016358/seattle-windstorm/","keywords":["weather","States","Washington","Seattle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte91a22ddb96b73aa/6988619a0a4a2259b29c5dd4/seattle-windstorm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte91a22ddb96b73aa/6988619a0a4a2259b29c5dd4/seattle-windstorm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Northwest Weather seattle windstorm","caption":"Northwest Weather seattle windstorm","creditText":"Joshua Trujillo—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4016358/seattle-windstorm/","name":"2 Killed in Seattle-Area Windstorm"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: A Timelapse of Climate Change","description":"Climate Change","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ywHiuC83/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-05-09T17:46:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ywHiuC83.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4016358/seattle-windstorm/","duration":"PT48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4016358/seattle-windstorm/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```