Photo by BrianMKA. The strong winds have claimed their first casualty: the National Christmas Tree. The DC Fire EMS Twitter stream reported that the tree has split at its base, and that no one was injured when it fell. The tree’s falling also did not cause any structural damage to any of the surrounding buildings. We Love DC has some interesting facts about the tree that I didn’t realize: the 48 foot tree was…

Here we go again? The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Washington, D.C., effective until 7 p.m. this evening. Our friends at the Capital Weather Gang are predicting that some strong storms could roll their way into D.C. — though so far, most of the activity has been concentrated between Washington and Baltimore. Winds up to 70 miles per hour are possible, something I’m sure that anyone who just got their…

Fallen trees throughout the region caused a good deal of damage to homes and vehicles yesterday, as one of the more powerful thunderstorms in years stomped its way through the District. Tipster Dave sent us the above photograph of a home on the 3500 block of Cumberland Street NW. According to Dave, the residents of the home are apparently on vacation — two dogs were in the home when the tree fell, but they were…