Damaging winds and powerful thunderstorms caused thousands to lose electricity across the region Wednesday night as wind gusts sheared part of a roof from a Southeast Washington apartment building. In the District, fire officials reported that gusts blew roofing from a four-story apartment building in the 1100 block of K Street SE. Pepco reported 14,000 customers without power, including 9,300 in Prince George’s County, 3,000 outages in the District and 1,600 in Montgomery County. Dominion Power sustained 19,000 outages, including those across Fairfax County. Baltimore Gas and Electric reported 1,300 outages in Prince George’s County.

Source: Washington Post August 18, 2016 02:37 UTC