WASHINGTON — Thousands of customers in Maryland and Virginia were without power Monday morning.
At about 10 a.m., the number of outages stood at about 1,200 in the Bethesda and Silver Spring areas and about 500 in New Carrolton.
PEPCO said crews were on the scene and hoped to have power restored by 1 p.m. in Bethesda and Silver Spring. PEPCO originally had hoped to restore power in that area by 10 a.m.
In Virginia, Dominion Energy said 2,500 were without power in Northern Virginia, many in the Langley area.
A Dominion spokesperson told WTOP a tree fell on some wires.
