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barrage. the thunder and lightning and everything. i went out on my back porch, i reached out and i could feel the pressure of the rain and wind. >> then it came towards this apartment. >> we heard the ceiling lift up and drop back down. >> her building is among 10 that had to be condemned. the damage is extensive. it shattered windows. this wall collapsed. >> it was very frightening. i did not know what to do at that moment in time. i saw the rooftop actually flight over here toward the cars. -- fly over here toward the car is. >> you can see that huge tree that fell. the homeowner ...

morning. other downed trees like the one on falls road are causing both traffic and power problems. >> omg. oh, my god, watch me. evel knievel. i'm going under the wires. the wires are hanging order there. >> reporter: traffic light are dark, from river road in the district all the way to potomac, causing a long line of cars to crawl toward intersections. and then play a game of who gets to go next? >> two hours from home from gaithersburg. just trying to get down river road. there's one place where there are two signals working and that's it. >> reporter: at the bullet school in pot...

meant more than any other. >> when he was a newborn, she gave me a cotton blanket that belonged to sophie that was something sophie loved a great deal. she came over, gave me sophie's favorite blanket as a gift. and that meant a tremendous amount to me because it was her child's favorite blanket and she gave that to me. >> she was very generous? >> very generous, very kind, and she was a good person. >> very supportive lady. very intelligent. i'll certainly miss her. >> reporter: her 64-year-old mother was with her and was taken to the hospital. her physical condition is improving. o...

in the dark, pepco reporting more than 230,000 customers were still without power this morning. the damaging storms came through quickly, uprooting trees and knocking down power lines. those power outages are causing big problems for commuters this morning. hundreds of traffic signals around the area are not working. news 4's tracee wilkins is live with the latest. how is it going out there? >> reporter: we've had a little bit of good news, that overnight police in montgomery county are saying red lights at about 300 intersections are down to about 200. still messy for commuters this...

>> i just had to go of my windows fixed a couple weeks ago. -- two of my windows fixed a couple weeks ago. >> one neighbor is angry because they had been trying to get the three taken care of. >> we have been trying to get it taken care of for a long time. i'm glad it is down, but i feel bad that it caused so much damage. >> district leaders insist they have deployed extraordinary resources to clean up hard hit neighborhoods. they say pepco is not moving fast enough to cut off the power to downed lines. >> they are ready to pull that tree, cut it up, and move it out of here. as was i...