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Tens Of Thousands In DMV Without Power With New Round Of Rain Approaching
Tens of thousands of residents throughout the DMV region are in the dark as whipping winds and heavy rains have knocked out power to some neighborhoods and businesses.
With the worst of the storm yet to come, as of 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9 Baltimore Gas and Electric crews were still working to repair 720 active outages impacting 34,513 of the company's 1,348,380.
A breakdown, by county, at 7:30 p.m.:
Baltimore: 12,513 customers affected;
Anne Arundel: 7,390;
Howard: 6,532;
Prince George's: 2,762
Baltimore City: 2,537;
Harford: 1,511;
Carroll: 1,101;
Calvert: 111;
Montgomery: 27.…
Pilot Of Small Plane That Crashed After Departing From Westchester Has Greenwich Roots
The pilot of the small plane that crashed into a transmission tower after departing from Westchester County Airport has ties to Fairfield County.
The 66-year-old man and woman were rescued after being stranded 100 feet up for seven hours with serious injuries from that plane that crashed into the power tower in Montgomery County, Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 27 after departing from Westchester late in the afternoon.
The pilot, Patrick Merkle, age 66, of Washington DC, and his passenger, Janet Williams, age 66, of Marrero, LA, had apparently departed from Westchester County Airport in New York,…
Police ID Pair Rescued From Maryland Small Plane Crash
A 66-year-old man and woman were rescued after being stranded 100 feet up for seven hours with serious injuries from a small plane that crashed into a power tower in Montgomery County Sunday, Nov. 27.
The pilot, Patrick Merkle, 66, of Washington DC, and his passenger, Janet Williams, 66, of Marrero, LA, had apparently departed from Westchester County Airport in New York, in a Mooney Mike 20P single engine plane, before crashing in Gaithersburg around 6:45 p.m., officials said.
Nearly 85,000 people were without power for about six hours, PEPCO records show.
Update - Gaithersburg, Maryl…