BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Whatcom County has issued an emergency proclamation over the “bomb cyclone” that devastated the Sudden Valley area last month.

Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu issued the proclamation on Friday, Dec. 6, in response to the windstorm that hit the region on the evening of Nov. 19.

Whatcom County Sheriff Donnell Tanksley recommended the decision in order to give the county a better chance of receiving state and federal disaster assistance.

According to the county’s Division of Emergency Management, 23 homes in Sudden Valley were hit by trees during the storm and at least four residents were displaced. No one was reported injured as a result of the storm.

Emergency Management staff are still working to identify the full extent of the damage.

King County got the worst of the storm, which left more than 600,000 Washington residents without power at its peak.

Two people in Bellevue and Lynwood were killed by fallen trees.