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pepco is reporting nearly 400 outages. 500 outages from bg&e. here is more storm coverage from arlington. >> people living in this arlington neighborhood are spending their july for cleaning up the big mess from that -- from mother nature. the region was pounded with heavy rain fierce winds and skies full of lightning. >> i went downstairs and yelled to my parents that i was really scared. we huddled in the basement. >> and this is what many people saw once they step aside after the storm, down power lines and debris everywhere, including big bridges on top of cars and homes. >> i did not hear it fall because of all the wind. as soon as i looked out the window as of this huge chunk of mud instead of the tree. completely surprised. >> neighbors say what was most surprising about this storm was not just how powerful it was but how much damage it was able to do in the short amount of time people who were home at the time of the storms it only lasted a couple of minutes >> normally in this area, this stuff flies right over us. but last night it was

pepco is reporting about 1,200 outages. novec has 40 customers without power right now. >> making progress getting the numbers down. tom, more storms possible later in the day? >>> unfortunately, yes. late this afternoon and for the events on the mall, there is the possibility of a passing thunderstorm this evening. right now no travel problems weatherwise. we have a dry sky over washington and throughout most of the region. although those little blips of blue that you see on radar on the left of your screen, those are light showers in the central and southern shenandoah valley. they're drifting off to the east. temperatures are near mid-70s in washington and by the bay. away from the waters and inland, rural areas, most regions near 70 degrees. we still have quite a bit of cloudiness around this morning. the view from space over the last 12 hours showing the storm system that passed through yesterday afternoon and evening is now long gone. behind that, we still have considerable cloudiness. we ought to get breaks in the cl

pepco reporting 1,500. >> crews working round the clock to clean up downed trees and power lines, especially in arlington county. tracee wilkins is in the rivercrest neighborhood with a look at the damage there. good morning, tracee. >> good morni >> reporter: good morning, joe. we have damage all across arlington. we have no power. that's how dark it is here. here at 33rd and williamsburg drive, the road is closed off here, and they're blocking folks from going down here because of downed power lines. this is one of the marked downed power lines. let me tell you, there are plenty of power lines in this area that are not marked and are down. folks, this morning you need to

right now, pepco has about 10,455 customers in the dark. more than 7,000 of those are in prince george's county. bge has just over 3,000 outages. dominion, virginia, power has about 3300 customers in the dark. >>> he survived a motorcycle crash then spent 22 hours trapped in a ditch with a broken back. from his hospital bed, justin hipple shares his story exclusively with 9news now. peggy joins us live from the fairfax hospital where justin has been recovering for about a week now. >> we all take our cell phones for granted these days. justin told me he's even gotten mad at his cell phone but now he's look at that time a little bit differently after it saved his life. >> kick my feet, wave my arms. >> because of the severe pain in his back, justin knew it was broken, that he shouldn't get up. he not only broke most of his ribs but he also broke three vertebrae when he crashed his brother's motorcycle into the woods. ez on his way -- he was on his way home from work about midnight. >> i don't remember it. the only thing i can think of is i f

pepco reports 1150 outages. toe million has a little more than 10,000 bg & e reports 1160 outages. >>> time for a quick check of the weather. tucker barnes is here. rough way to start off the holiday but it is still a holiday. >> as bad as it was, it wasn't as bad as it would be with the weather moving through tonight. we would have 100,000 people down at the mall. this is falling apart here. that is good news. let's get to temperatures. 74 now at reagan national. humidity way up. the rain we had late yesterday afternoon, 79%. generally an improving forecast today. that being said, can't rule out the possibility that we tonight see a few pore thunderstorms pop up later today. sunny and hot later this afternoon. highs in the low 90s. with that frontal system hanging out in the neighborhood, we could see one or two thunderstorms pop up later on today. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with lauren demarco to see what is happening on the roads. >> good morning n loudoun county, route 9 between 704 and 287 closed whil

same with pepco. here's a downed tree limb right here. i've got to tell you that this is like the best of it because coming up this road we saw some extreme damage throughout this area. tom kierein is saying what they experienced here in the rivercrest neighborhood, basically straight line winds. 16 miles per hour. that's as fast as those winds came through here yesterday. no sign of any kind of tornadoes in this area, no sign of any kind of circulation causing this damage, but just high winds. he's saying it doesn't appear to be an issue with circulation because of this right here. the fact we still have leaves here on tree limbs. if this was a tornado, then we wouldn't be seeing these leaves. they would have been ripped off of the limbs. that was his main question for me is what do you see on the tree limbs? are they still leaves? they're still leaves and what we're dealing with here again is high winds that caused this damage throughout this neighborhood. i've got to tell you, folks, do not take for granted that fire crews are going to

pepco is reporting more than 10,000 outages, while novec has more than 1,000 customers without power right now. >>> there are a full day of 4th of july celebrations planned for the national mall tomorrow. the mall opening to the public at 10:00 a.m. there are special family events at the national archives and white house visitors center. the smithsonian folk life festival will start at 11:00. then just before noon the independence day parade will roll down constitution. the capitol fourth concert that derek was just telling us about, that starts at 8:00. and the big fireworks show will start around 9:15. don't forget the smithsonian, metro, and most roads around the national mall will be closed. and as always, you can go to nbcwashington.com for more information. >>> to orlando now, where there was berating, laughing, and crying today during the closing arguments of the casey anthony murder trial. attorneys had another showdown inside that courtroom. jay gray was there and has more on that tonight. >> reporter: with pictures and video of caylee anthony framing his closing arguments,

. >>> now, pepco restored power to 15,000 customers. >>> we could be in for some of the storms in ourutside, it's hazy, hot and humid. there's a severe thunderstorm watch for southern maryland. we have weather, traffic together. >>> we'll look at the radar. most of the action is to the west of us. it's moving eastward. this is mainly in the mountains. it's moving to the east. it's seeing a few thunderstorms popping up. the worse of this is heading down into southern maryland. we'll see this into 10:00 tonight. this is what we're concerned with for the fireworks. this rate is going to take five or six hours for us to see this. there are a few thunderstorms popping up in between the areas. we'll keep you updated. >>> thank you, bernadette. we'll check on the roads with kristy breslin in traffic control. >>> hi, denise and everyone. delaywise, we don't have much of a situation here. northbound, 95, that's a minor delay to the beltway. as far as accidents go, in bel air, route 1, that's involving an overturned vehicle. brad shaw road and reynolds road, there's an accident. that's slowing

pepco, just over 700. bge, 1100. >> we are joined by frank mac from dominion power. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> where the outages concentrated in northern virginia. have you made any more progress since the number 10,000 we reported being out? >> yes, we have. we were hit with high winds and heavy lightning lath night at 6:00. we got up -- lightning last night at 6:00. we got up to as many as 30,000 customers. alexander, fern don, and leesburg primarily. currently there's 6300 customers still out, and we have a lot of severe damage from last night that includes broken poles, and we have crews working through the night, and there's additional crews and contractors coming in this morning. >> in terms of a time line for he is tore ration, what are you -- time line for restoration, what are you looking at? >> we need to replace them. with the contractors and crews coming in, it looks like they will work throughout the rest of the day. we don't have a time line because they are assessing damage. >> mr. mac, your colleagues in potomac have had problems ge

. >>> pepco is showing some signs of improvement. the utility has faced widespread criticism from customers would basically come to expect outages. it has been stepping up up its prep rigs ahead of severe weather and it looks like it may be working. after sunday's storms, more than 15,000 pep owe customers were without power. this morning, the web site is reporting just one outage. >>> coming up, details on a new study looking into a potential living between autism and antidepressants. >>> it helps to be connected when you are running for political office. we've got more on why boy scouts should have the upper hand if they've got their eye on congress.  >>> alarming results from a recent study on antidepressant use. researchers found children born to women would took ss ri. antidepressants during pregnancy may have a slightly higher rick of having autism. doctors say it is the first study showing a possible link between the drugs and autism and the findings should be considered preliminary. >>> a french writer plan

pepco says they're dealing with about 8,500 people without power. novak has more than it ii hundred outages. bg&e is reporting more than 3,000 customers without power. jackie bensen has more on conditions in montgomery county. >> reporter: this is tuckerman lane near west lake drive. you can see the road is closed. this is the reason why. a tree fell across the road i'd say probably just before 5:00 this afternoon. now, there are no power lines in this section. we're near a montgomery county park, the cabin john regional park, and you can see those power lines over there. the tree is on top of them. but on the other side of the road, just a short distance away, the power lines are actually down and on the ground. a significant section of them. and the montgomery county fire department is down there in that area. and in addition to that, the creek here is very, very high. it's not quite up to the road level yet, but anymore rain, there would definitely be a potential for flooding along this road. back to you. >> all right, jackie bensen reporting. ki

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