WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – High winds knocked out power to thousands of Puget Sound Energy customers overnight.

Puget Sound Energy says over 11,000 Whatcom County customers were without power early this morning, September 30th.

Half the outages were in the eastern part of the county between Deming and Glacier.

Crews have restored power to much of the county, with just a few spotty outages reported as of 8 am this morning.

A high wind advisor issued by the National Weather Service expired at 6 am this morning.