Several days of driving rain this week compounded by powerful winds on Wednesday toppled hundreds of trees and knocked out power throughout Leavenworth just as the holiday season enters full swing. Given the scale of the damage, the city of Leavenworth and the local chamber of commerce announced on Thursday the cancellation of the town’s fabled holiday light display and Christmastown festival through this weekend.

“We cannot evaluate the lights until power is back on, however we seem to be dealing with broken branches and strands (not trees), and we intend to have them back on this next weekend,” wrote Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Jessica Stoller via email. “We have equipment and staffing on the ready to make that happen.”

Over 3,300 Chelan County PUD customers in Leavenw

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