Wind knocks tree into house

High-powered winds swept this giant cottonwood tree into the west end of Patricia Sessa’s home on the south hill in Colfax Monday night. Colfax fire crews responded at 6:22 p.m. to 404 E. Fairview. An Avista crew was called to the scene to disconnect electrical service. Winds swept across all of eastern Washington Monday, darkening skies with the dust of topsoil blown off fields. Highest sustained wind in the area was 44 miles per hour measured by the National Weather Service at its station at Escure....