A breezy and wet Saturday afternoon left more than 5,000 customers in the dark around northern Capitol Hill and Eastlake.

Seattle City Light said about 10,000 customers were out across the city as of just after 3 PM Saturday.

For the Capitol Hill area outage, the cause of the failure was still being investigated but Seattle City Light said crews had been dispatched for repairs and restoration.

SCL provided a service restoration estimate of 10 PM — though it’s not clear how the department generates its predictions without a cause already determined.

UPDATE: City Light says it has restored power to some for the Eastlake area outage and that it expects full restoration by around 7:15 PM. It is blaming a tree for the failure. One report described a tree falling on wires near the Colonnade park under I-5.

UPDATE x2: SCL says the outage has ended:

The outage on north Capitol Hill/Eastlake affecting approximated 2,800 customers has been restored. We thank our crews for their work and for your patience as we continue to restore power across our service area.

You can check for updates via mobile at seattle.gov/city-light/outages.

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