Thunderstorms brought down a roof over gas pumps, flooded roads and toppled trees on Tuesday night as they battered the Washington, D.C., area with downpours and strong winds.
The canopy of a Mobil gas station on Georgia Avenue fell over, trapping a white van under one of the poles. A man who was pumping gas shortly before walked away without injuries.
After severe thunderstorms rocked the DMV area, News4’s Joseph Olmo takes a look at the aftermath.
Trees and wires came down, blocking the 6500 block of Cardigan Road in Bethesda, Montgomery County police said Wednesday morning.
High winds and rain made it look like a hurricane was hitting Northwest D.C., at least one person told News4.
Videos showed cars battling through a flooded Goldsboro Road in Bethesda. Several Metrobuses got stuck. In some places, trees were seen tangled in electric wires.
Watch out for blocked roads and cleanup crews on your morning commute.
Cleanup crews were out early Wednesday. Workers were seen chopping up fallen tree branches in the McLean Gardens neighborhood.
Storms prompted tornado warnings
The severe storms prompted several tornado and thunderstorm warnings Tuesday evening, and the D.C. region was under a tornado watch — and a thunderstorm watch — until 10 p.m.
Heavy rainfall brought a flash flood warning until 9:30 p.m. for D.C. and its suburbs.
The storms brought reports of golf-ball-size hail and rainfall rates of more than 4 inches per hour.
The storms cleared out late in the evening, allowing D.C.-area residents to glimpse the full Buck Moon.
