WASHINGTON (AP) —Electricity is gradually being restored in the mid-Atlantic region after storms blew through Sunday, leaving thousands in the dark.
Around 6:15 p.m., local utilities reported about 9,700 customers without power in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and D.C. But as of 7:30 p.m., the local outages were down to about 1,000.
Potomac Edison was planning to restore power to the 200 customers without electricity in Carroll County, Maryland by 9:30 p.m.
About 200 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers were without power in the WTOP listening area but restoration times were not available.
Pepco said it hoped to restore power to 500 outages near D.C.’s Dupont Circle by 9 p.m. A spokesperson for the utility company said the D.C. outages were not related to the storm.
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of the region through Sunday night as heavy rain and string winds pass through.
Sterling, Virginia-based meteorologist Kevin Witt said spotters in Frederick, Baltimore and Harford counties are reporting gusts of 40 to 50 mph. He says there have been reports of some trees down onto power lines. He says storms are still moving through the region.
WTOP’s Tiffany Arnold contributed to this report.
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