Thousands still without power as wires, trees fall

Thousands of residents across the Washington area are still enduring dark, cold houses after Wednesday night’s snowstorm downed thousands of power lines. Some might not have their power back until Sunday, but both Pepco and Dominion expect most of their customers to have electricity by Friday night. Baltimore Gas & Electric is projecting that most of its customers will have power restored by late Saturday.

Pepco said 140,000 of its customers were still without power Thursday evening, while Dominion had only 31,000 left to fix.