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Pepco reports that nearly 500 customers in their service area -- a large concentration of which are in Northeast D.C. -- are still without power this morning after last night's lengthy storm. In their usual "weather was bad, eh!" report this morning, the Post notes that at a minimum, 28,000 homes and businesses lost power overnight. To think: without electricity, you wouldn't have been able to watch ESPNNEWS on repeat for three hours waiting for the Nationals game to resume play on MASN! (Wait, just me? Never mind, then.) Considering this upcoming forecast, this probably won't be the last time Pepco technicians will be out and about fixing large power outages due to thunderstorms this week.

The District Department of Transportation is reporting multiple traffic signals are currently out on Constitution Ave. NW. As of 4 p.m., all traffic lights were out between 12th and 15th Streets, and DDOT was warning drivers to expect significant traffic delays as a result.

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