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Microburst does heavy damage to buildings in Spotsylvania County

Spotsylvania County Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief Mark Kuechler says at least 20 people were inside the Cheer Fusion gym when the storm struck Sunday.

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Be prepared when the lights go out

One certainty in life is that the power will go out.

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4 nursing homes without air conditioning

The residents of four nursing homes in Maryland are feeling the heat, because they are still without air conditioning in the aftermath of last week's storm.

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Md. governor pushing utilities to work quickly

Gov. Martin O'Malley says he is pushing utilities to do better than their predictions of restoring power to 90 percent of homes by Friday.

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Tips for staying cool in a heat wave without power

Friday night's storm has left many people in the D.C. area without power in the midst of an unrivaled heat wave.

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MEMA: Outage number similar to Isabel power losses

About a million Marylanders were without power shortly before the sun came up, similar to the number that lost power in 2003 when Tropical Storm Isabel hit the state.

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NWS: tornado slammed central Va. Monday

The National Weather Service is confirming that a tornado hit central Virginia.

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Large power outage in Northern Virginia

A large power outage this evening in Northern Virginia.

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Lights back on: 5,000 Va. lost power

Just before midnight Friday, Dominion's website said nearly all of the 5,000 customers who lost power had their electricity restored.

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Metro power outage causes problems

Metro passengers trying to get home late Thursday and early Friday found it took hours longer than normal because of a power outage at Metro's control center and scheduled maintenance on the rail lines.

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