This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share* (for all areas east of Loudoun County in Virginia and Frederick County in Maryland) | tonight through Tuesday evening | *This story was updated to include the latest model forecasts and images.Hurricane Isaias and set to crash ashore near the South Carolina-North Carolina border Monday night. As it does so, tropical moisture will surge northward through the Washington region, setting the stage for a very heavy rain event with areas of significant flooding through Tuesday night.Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches is predicted...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share* (for all areas east of Loudoun County in Virginia and Frederick County in Maryland) | tonight through Tuesday evening | *This story was updated to include the latest model forecasts and images.Hurricane Isaias and set to crash ashore near the South Carolina-North Carolina border Monday night. As it does so, tropical moisture will surge northward through the Washington region, setting the stage for a very heavy rain event with areas of significant flooding through Tuesday night.Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches is predicted...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMultiple rounds of intense, boisterous thunderstorms roared through the Washington region Monday evening and persisted deep into the night, producing damaging winds over 60 mph and up to 8 inches of flooding rain.The storms focused their wrath from the area around the Beltway to the east and southeast, where they unloaded copious rainfall.Fueled by afternoon temperatures that soared into the mid-90s amid suffocating humidity levels, the storms emitted frequent lightning that cut power to 18,000 customers in Northern...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMultiple rounds of intense, boisterous thunderstorms roared through the Washington region Monday evening and persisted deep into the night, producing damaging winds over 60 mph and up to 8 inches of flooding rain.The storms focused their wrath from the area around the Beltway to the east and southeast, where they unloaded copious rainfall.Fueled by afternoon temperatures that soared into the mid-90s amid suffocating humidity levels, the storms emitted frequent lightning that cut power to 18,000 customers in Northern...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share * until 7 p.m. | until 11 p.m. *5:30 p.m. — 50,000 customers without power as storms waneAccording to , about 50,000 customers are without power in D.C., Maryland and Virginia after the storms which have now mostly pushed over the Chesapeake Bay and Southern Maryland, where they have lost a bit of their earlier punch.The storms produced dozens of reports of downed trees across the region and gusts to at least 60 mph. Doppler radar estimated gusts over 70 mph just above the ground but it’s not clear whether winds that...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share * until 7 p.m. | until 11 p.m. *5:30 p.m. — 50,000 customers without power as storms waneAccording to , about 50,000 customers are without power in D.C., Maryland and Virginia after the storms which have now mostly pushed over the Chesapeake Bay and Southern Maryland, where they have lost a bit of their earlier punch.The storms produced dozens of reports of downed trees across the region and gusts to at least 60 mph. Doppler radar estimated gusts over 70 mph just above the ground but it’s not clear whether winds that...WW…