July’s first daybreak was welcomed with downed trees, power lines, and even an overturned gas station canopy in Bowie, Md.
Area utility companies are now tackling massive power outages after a damaging storm swept the D.C. region last night—thousands are still without power. Capital Weather Gang describes last night’s massive deluge as “the worst storm since Derecho 2012.” Of course, Twitter was more apocalyptic about it:
@capitalweather @DCist Swann St a mess this morning. Everyone safe, some cars a bit dented. pic.twitter.com/HUUeLda7QP
— Jeffrey W Comer (@GreenCityDC) July 1, 2015
@capitalweather I’ve been through hurricanes and derechos. I’ve never seen anything like this. Lightning flashing like paparazzi.
— BC (@ndbrian) July 1, 2015
@PoPville @DCist @FrozenTropics tree down from last night’s storm at Morse/West Virginia NE pic.twitter.com/lQU0Oi2rG3
— Madison B (@ImaMadLibrarian) July 1, 2015
That’s the first time I’ve been legitimately frightened by a storm since I moved out to DC 10 yrs ago. That was bonkers. @capitalweather
— Nicole Rice (@NicoleMarieInDC) July 1, 2015
Maryland residents experienced the most outages, peaking at 28,000 Pepco customers. The highest wind gusts were reported at 74 mph in Seat Pleasant, Md. Additionally, 4,000 D.C. residents and 7,000 in northern Va. were left in the dark.
Besides expected delays on the road, Amtrak announced a delay on its northeast corridor service between D.C. and Philadelphia.
