A severe storm brings down trees, produces hail, and takes out power.

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Thunderstorms ripped across a portion of the Washington region Tuesday, toppling trees, pulling down power lines. [{ "selector": ".aectk-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

Sending hailstones clattering onto roofs, streets, and backyard decks, evoking the turbulence of July.

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More than 40,000 people lost power along the storm's course, which stretched from Virginia's Fauquier, Prince William.

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Fairfax counties eastward across the Potomac River and into Southern Maryland. [{ "selector": ".fppar-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1750ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

Before the storm crossed the Chesapeake Bay to Maryland's Eastern Shore [{ "selector": ".sxrbd-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "2000ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

It pounded southeastern Fairfax County along the Potomac River in Virginia and northern Charles and Calvert counties in Maryland. [{ "selector": ".uqrsp-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1750ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": 1} ] }]

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