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Power outages hit DC area

WASHINGTON — Residents of the District in Northeast woke up to a shock Friday — thousands there were without power for hours, Pepco said.

The outage struck the New Hampshire Ave. and South Dakota Ave. NE areas around 5:30 a.m.

It then spread to portions of North Michigan Park and University Heights neighborhoods.

More outages were reported in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Dominion Energy said equipment failure was responsible for the Fairfax outage.

Pepco said equipment failures were also to blame for failures in the District.

Power was restored to both areas around 7:30 a.m.

The map below contains power outages in the Washington metro area. This map is updated every 10 minutes.

Scattered showers and humid weather continues for the DC region on Sunday

While a flood watch for the region has been lifted on Saturday evening, humid temperatures and scattered showers will persist overnight and into Sunday. WTOP Meteorologist Mike Stinneford said that the potential for heavy showers will wind down overnight, but Sunday will remain unsettled, with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the 80s.
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