D.C. area power outages after storm could last for days
The temperature already had pushed past 80 degrees by the time many people rolled from their sweat-soaked beds in the Washington region, facing the third day of a heat wave without the luxury of air conditioning.
The number without power was dropping by the hour — 779,535 at 8:30 a.m., down by almost 10,000 since daybreak — but for many it would be days before the lights and air conditioning returned.
CONTINUED at the Washington Post.
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