It’s not just your block that looks like it’s been hit by asteroids: the number of requests for pothole repairs in the District is double what it usually is this time of year.

As of the end of last week, D.C. had received 776 reports of craters in need of fixing, according to the District Department of Transportation.

Pin the blame squarely on the record-breaking rains of 2018.

“That’s what happens when you have the kind of freeze thaw cycles that we have experienced,” says DDOT spokesperson Terry Owens. “You have the water that gets under the asphalt, and when that freezes and then thaws  … along with the pressure of vehicles, it causes potholes.” 

Whenever it’s not raining or snowing, he says, crews are fanned out across the city to make repairs.

You can make requests through 311 (there’s also a map of pending requests here), which the city aims to fill within three days.

And if your car is damaged by a pothole—and you can prove that officials waited too long to make repairs after receiving a report—you may be entitled to compensation. The city paid out dozens of claims last year ranging from $35 to $6,000, according to WTOP.