(Updated at 1:10 p.m.) Today’s wind storm has caused tree carnage throughout Arlington County.
As of 12:30 p.m. firefighters responded to seven calls for trees that had fallen on houses, according to the Arlington County Fire Department, but no injuries were reported. The department has responded to another 31 calls for wires down over the past 12 hours or so.
Among the places where there were reports of trees falling on houses:
- 18th Street S. near Army Navy Country Club
- 2500 block of Military Road
- Near the intersection of N. Roosevelt Street and 15th Road N.
Numerous trees and large branches are reported to have fallen and blocked or partially blocked roads. Arlington County Police have responded to more than 40 tree-related calls since midnight, officials say.
Among the roads blocked are 26th Street N. near Lee Highway and Washington Blvd west of Westover, among with:
https://twitter.com/ArlingtonVaFD/status/969612966378328064
Right now behind @penrosesquare, @ArlingtonVaPD out with chain saws dealing with downed tree. #Windmageddon #columbiaPike cc: @SRtwofourfour @barcroftnotes @ilovearlingtonv @ARLnowDOTcom pic.twitter.com/PKVS8NVoDZ
— Lyz ©️ (@LuckyLyzzie) March 2, 2018
As of noon, Dominion was reporting 11,438 customers without power in Arlington, including widespread outages in North Arlington neighborhoods.
Dominion says a total of 335,000 customers have lost power since Thursday night. The company stopped providing police and the fire department with estimated times of arrival for crews responding to downed lines earlier this morning.
Dominion Energy crews are fully engaged in restoring service to customers impacted by extremely high winds that entered our Virginia service area late Thursday night and will continue to cause outages throughout the day Friday. (1/4)
— Dominion Energy VA (@DomEnergyVA) March 2, 2018
Since 11 p.m. Thursday, 335,000 customers have been impacted and 111,000 have been restored. Currently more than 224,000 customers are without power mainly in the northern part of the state where wind gusts nearing 70 mph have been reported. (2/4)
— Dominion Energy VA (@DomEnergyVA) March 2, 2018
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