2 homes in 3500 blk of Thornapple St in Chevy Chase were hit by fallen trees due to last night's high winds. Luckily no injuries.
— Kathy Stewart (@KStewartWTOP)
A second home on Appleton Street in Chevy Chase was damaged by a falling tree last night due to the 60 mile an hour winds.
— Kathy Stewart (@KStewartWTOP)
Last night's high winds caused a tree to come down on the back of this home in Chevy Chase, Md
— Kathy Stewart (@KStewartWTOP)
Electrical fire on south Quinn and Columbia pike along with a big tree in the middle of the street
— 岽娽磤s岽嵣瘁磭 (@Parks_Jasmine)
WASHINGTON 鈥� While crews are working to restore聽outages in the greater D.C. metro area, thousands are still without power from strong winds ripping through the region at gusts above 70 mph.
Downed lines and damages had local authorities closing roads and聽responding to residences through the morning. Fallen trees hit several homes in Chevy Chase, Maryland, while part of聽an apartment building’s roof blew off in southeast D.C.
The National Weather Service initially issued a fairly rare High Wind Warning for Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Monday afternoon, but it was downgraded to a wind advisory and canceled Monday evening.
More than 30,000聽power outages were reported聽across Maryland, Virginia and D.C. at one point. Fairfax County聽was hit the hardest, with more than 7,000 residents 聽at聽its peak.
Peak gusts had reached 65 mph at Reagan National and 73 mph at Joint Base Andrews by聽the early morning hours.
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POWER OUTAGES:
Heavy winds caused thousands of power outages early Monday.
Pepco reported a decrease in outages in the morning from overnight, but thousands were still without power. Officials said there was a problem with one of their sub stations involving three feeders, which affected about 6,000 people. They hope to have full restoration by evening.
If you need the phone number for your power company, text the word POWER to 91035 and we’ll text it back to you.
CLOSINGS AND DELAYS:
Fairfax County Public Schools delayed opening for聽two hours Monday as a result of power outages in the area.
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WEATHER:
Two distinct storm systems combining into one off the coast of New England brought聽the WTOP listening area a very strong windstorm expected to last throughout Monday. The National Weather Service issued rare聽High Wind Warnings for most of the area.
Winds all day will be sustained in the range of 20 to 35 mph with some gusts as high as 40 to 60 mph.聽Northwest winds may still gust over 50 to 60 mph for the remainder of the daylight hours before diminishing Sunday evening. Because of all the wind, temperatures will stay in the 40s all of Monday, but with plenty of sunshine. Read more in Matt Ritter’s聽.
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TRAFFIC:
Drivers are urged to use caution while driving, due to downed power lines, fallen trees and debris. The Virginia Department of Transportation reported聽some signals dark. In this case, drivers should treat each traffic light as a four-way stop, with the driver on the right having the right-of-way.
Wind restrictions are in effect along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on U.S. 50.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responded to at least 25 calls for downed wires since 11 p.m. Sunday through Monday morning. Officials ask anyone who sees a downed power line to notify local authorities immediately, and to call 911 if someone or something comes in contact with the downed power line.
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COMMUTING/TRAVEL:
Unrelated to the weather, but worth noting, Metro is shutting down the Blue Line until Feb. 28, cutting off connections between the Orange and Silver Lines at Rosslyn and the stations served by the Blue and Yellow lines from the Pentagon through Alexandria to Franconia-Springfield.
No flights were聽cancelled in D.C.-area airports. BWI Marshall reported delays in Boston due to weather.
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