Leavenworth delays holiday display amid impact from severe weather

Leavenworth ‘looks like a hurricane came through,’ cancels weekend Christmas events

The town's fabled holiday light display and festival are canceled through the weekend as crews work to clear damage and restore power.

Leavenworth ‘Christmastown’ event canceled due to WA flood damage

Historic flooding in the region, a widespread power outage and road closures have led to Leavenworth's Christmastown festival being canceled this weekend.

Leavenworth Christmastown events canceled amid severe weather

Several days of driving rain this week compounded by powerful winds on Wednesday toppled thousands 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.

Leavenworth delays holiday display amid impact from severe weather

The city says a wide-scale outage is affecting over 5,000 Chelan County residents.