Gazette.Net: Cleanup continues after powerful Friday storms

Raphael Talisman/ For The Gazette Parts the roof of the Park Tanglewood Apartments in Riverdale Park were blown away by the intense storm on Friday evening.

This story was updated at 1:50 p.m. July 1.

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Several thousand residents were still without power Sunday, as temperatures were forecast to reach close to 100 degrees, after a wide line of fast-moving, ferocious thunderstorms swept the region late Friday night.

The storms left one dead in Montgomery County, initially left more than a million without power and forced mandatory restrictions on water use.

However, water restrictions imposed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission after the storms knocked out power at two water treatment plants were lifted around noon on Sunday. The WSSC had issued a rare order that prohibited car washing, lawn watering and other non-essential uses.

Pepco reported about 92,000 customers without power in Prince Georges County and about 188,500 customers in Montgomery County without power at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday. A spokeswoman said it could take days for service to be restored and emergency crews cautioned people to stay away from downed lines.

On Sunday morning, Pepco reported having restored power to all high-voltage transmission lines, substations and water pumping plants.

BG&E listed more than 5,200 customers without power in Montgomery and more than 43,000 in Prince Georges as of 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Potomac Edisons website lists more than 5,700 Montgomery customers and more than 4,600 Frederick customers without power as of about 10 a.m. Sunday.

WMATA spokeswoman Cathy Asato said Metro rail and bus service is running, but will be slow due to routes being blocked by debris.

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Gazette.Net: Cleanup continues after powerful Friday storms