Seattle Fire spent Saturday scrambling to keep up with multiple 911 incidents and downed wires across Capitol Hill and beyond as heavy winds hit the area.

In one incident around 9:20 AM, a construction worker was reported injured by a falling awning near 10th and E Union. Seattle Fire says the worker did not suffer life threatening injuries and was able to extricate himself from the debris.

Meanwhile, around 9:30 AM, a tree fell across wires and was blocking both directions of E Thomas at 17th while wires were also reported down at 26th and E Mercer.

UPDATE: Due to the high winds, the 520 bridge was closed to traffic around 11 AM. UPDATE x2: As of 1 PM, the bridge had reopened.

Seattle City Light (status page) reports scattered outages have knocked out power to thousands of customers but there were no significant disruptions yet reported on Capitol Hill as of 9:45 AM.

The National Weather Service says heavy winds up to 40 to 50 miles per hour will continue to buffet the area through 8 PM Saturday:

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...BREMERTON...TACOMA...
  OLYMPIA...CHEHALIS...ELMA.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST
  WINDS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE LATE MORNING OR AFTERNOON.

* WIND...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BECOMING
  SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...
  TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER
  OUTAGES.