Phone outages throughout King County due to impacts of recent storm

The King County Office of Emergency Management announced at 6:27 pm Friday that there have been telephone and cellular network outages throughout King County due to the recent snow and ice storm and associated power outages.

Citizens who need emergency assistance and cannot get through to 9-1-1 on their home phone should use their cell phone to call 9-1-1. If cell phone service is not available in your area, try your call from another area, go to the nearest fire station, or use a phone in a public place. The 9-1-1 centers cannot receive text messages.

It is unknown if any of these current outages are in Shoreline or Lake Forest Park.