July 27, 2010
Power company workers gather at the Montgomery County fairgrounds before heading out to work on repairs.
Gerald Martineau for The Washington Post
July 27, 2010
Gerald Martineau for The Washington Post
July 27, 2010
Brian Lappe gathers supplies before going on repair calls. Extra crews have been called in to help with the mammoth task after hurricane-force winds whipped through the area.
Gerald Martineau for The Washington Post
July 27, 2010
Rex Alshouse and Joe Hower have food and, perhaps more important, ice to help them through a day's repair work.
Gerald Martineau for The Washington Post
July 27, 2010
Pepco has faced criticism for a slow response, aggravated by the company's Web site breaking down Monday.
Gerald Martineau for The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
Brian Brady surveys damage to the attic of his Silver Spring, Md. home after a tree crashed into the roof during the violent storm.
Susan Biddle-for The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
Claudia McCollum and her family celebrate a birthday by eating ice cream while seated on the floor of the Westfield Wheaton Shopping Center. "The cake is melting at home," joked McCollum. The family, from Adelphi, was at the mall for the air-conditioning and electrical outlets.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
Residents of the Rock Creek Woods neighborhood in Wheaton made signs to warn drivers of downed power lines on Rickover Road.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
From left, Rock Creek Woods Civic Association Secretary Pati Young, Newsletter Editor Maggie Toscano, and President Katharine Waldmann discuss the downed power line that has affected the lower portion of the neighborhood. Rock Creek Woods also lost power during the winter snow storms.
Toni L. Sandys-The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
A home on Grasmere Road in Silver Spring was damaged by a large tree blown down by the thunderstorm.
Susan Biddle-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett surveys storm damage at the home of Martha Lufkin in Rockville. The tree that fell in Lufkin's yard barely missed her house and car.
Susan Biddle-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
A tree blocks Iris Street NW following Sunday's storm.
Gerald Martineau-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
A worker with Virginia Dominion Power works to repair a power line at the corner of Baron Cameron Avenue and Lake Fairfax Drive in Reston.
Jahi Chikwendiu-The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
Traffic is backed up along Route 29 near Silver Spring because of traffic lights being out at key intersections.
Gerald Martineau-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
Temporary stop signs were put up on North Capitol Street to regulate traffic at the intersection with Michigan Avenue.
Gerald Martineau-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
A tree fell onto Bob Norstern's car from a neighbor's yard in Reston. Norstern said that, after his electricity went out, he planned to go to the store but discovered the tree on his car. "I didn't even hear it fall," he said.
Jahi Chikwendiu-The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
Sunday's violent thunderstorms in Washington ripped across the Capitol grounds and destroyed an 84-year-old white pine tree dedicated to the founder of Arbor Day.
Gerald Martineau-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
The 84-year-old white pine tree dedicated to the founder of Arbor Day sits on its side after Sunday's storm.
Gerald Martineau-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
The roughly 60-foot-tall tree was planted in 1936 to honor J. Sterling Morton, the 19th-century environmental trailblazer who founded the tree-planting holiday in 1872 in his native Nebraska and later served as Grover Cleveland's agriculture secretary.
Gerald Martineau-For The Washington Post
July 26, 2010
A tree blocks the southern lane of Delcarlia Parkway following Sunday's storm.
Gerald Martineau-For The Washington Post
July 25, 2010
Crystal Bush waits out the storm at a Starbucks near Dupont Circle.
Mark Abramson-The Washington Post
July 25, 2010
A police sergeant helps Dong Fang carry her luggage from the Cherry Hill Apartment Complex in College Park, which was heavily damaged by the storm.
The storm struck at least two trees and destroyed at least eight apartments at the apartment complex.
Xiaomei Chen-Washington Post
July 25, 2010
Strong winds created much damage to the Cherry Hill Apartment Complex in College Park.
Xiaomei Chen-Washington Post
July 25, 2010
One tree at the Cherry Hill Apartment Complex was struck by lightning and crashed through the roof of this unit.
Xiaomei Chen-The Washington Post
July 25, 2010
The storm uprooted this tree on Nebraska Avenue NW in the District.
Mark Abramson-The Washington Post
July 25, 2010
Myra Tanamor checks out the fallen tree and possible damage done to her home on Nebraska Avenue NW. She had arrived home minutes before the incident.
Mark Abramson-The Washington Post
July 25, 2010
Emergency crews work at the scene of an accident in College Park. A tree fell on the car, and one person was killed and another person was seriously injured. Rescue workers had to cut the top of the vehicle off to pull out the injured person.
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Gallery Credits:
Photo Editor, Producer Troy Witcher
