WALLA WALLA — All parks in the city of Walla Walla and Lions Park in College Place were closed due to extreme wind speeds, city and county officials announced Sunday, Oct. 24.

“We ask that you stay out of the parks due to the possibility of limbs coming down and causing injury or damage,” Gunner Fulmer, administrative sergeant with the Walla Walla Police Department, wrote in a release.

The National Weather Service had issued a high wind warning, and area dispatchers received reports of life-threatening hazards, according to Walla Walla County Emergency Management.

County officials urged residents to shelter indoors and avoid nonessential travel through the duration of the windstorm.

Hundreds of residents in Walla Walla lost power Oct. 24 due to the high winds and falling tree branches.