julie carey is with our nbc station wrc. she joins us this morning. hi, julie. >> reporter: this is the kind of mess that people are waking up to this morning, and not hundreds, but thousands of homes across the washington metropolitan area. yesterday around 11:00, a powerful bank of storms came across this area, hitting virginia, washington, d.c., and maryland. down came tens of thousands of trees, and along with them, power lines. this morning, some 2 million people are still without powpow and power crews are just starting to fan out and assess the damage. this storm has also had very tragic consequences. two people were killed in northern virginia. one man was driving along in his car when a tree fell on it, killing him instantly. another woman was killed inside her home when a tree fell on top of that. but for the vast majority of people, this is what they're going to have to contend with today, lots of cleanup, houses damaged, trees on roofs and a lot of power lines that are going to have to be repaired. with so many people without power, temper