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Pepco, Dominion and BGE cite severity of storm in explaining long recovery

Politicians may not have been happy Sunday when power companies told customers that their electricity may not return until the end of the week, but the severity of Friday night’s storm left utility officials opting for candor as work crews began to spread out to neighborhoods.

Racing at speeds of more than 60 mph with explosive force, Friday’s line of thunderstorms knocked out power and knocked down large numbers of trees, many of them huge, leaving officials struggling to even complete a damage assessment.

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