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metro area had their power restored. most of them are pepco customers. utility company reports 59,000 customers without electricity right now. dominion says 36,000 customers are without air conditioning this morning. and bge reporting about 30,000 people in our area don't have electricity. novec, about 300 outages right now. and smeco is down to four. >> still, for people who are day five into this heat wave. >> and there were some more storms that came through last night with the wind. they did do some scattered power outages. we could see some scattered thunderstorms today. a lot o...

you saw the lightning and heard that under ite thunder. thousands of pepco who customers who had their power restored are now finding themselves in the dark again. >> an average summer and an average jly this would have been a typical evening of july thunderstorms. on friday, it has led to more problems. here is what is left of those showers and thundershowers. there was a fair amount of lightning. to show you how fragile the power grid is. all that is left is leftover showers in the maryland. the wind gusts were not all that much. ind. clean elementary school, wind gusts at 30. -- i...

fireworks to start you off on wednesday morning, it's lee greenwood, god bless the usa, happy fourth of july to all of you. traditionally today i know and hopefully for many of you, will be filled with barbecues and fireworks. but unfortunately for a lot of people, that is not going to be the case. our "starting point" here this independence day, less about celebration and a lot more about patience, about 1.1 million people all across the country, they are waiting, waiting for the electricity to come back on and facing another day of intense heat. 20 people now have died since last t...

wires in bethesda, is a reminder. dangers remain and first responders are overworked. fourth of july fireworks have been canceled by many municipalities. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. elsewhere, fire crews are still battling more than 40 wildfires in western states. in colorado, firefighters made progress against two of the most destructive fires that had forced stens of thousands out of their homes. abc as miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: in the scorched hills above colorado springs, firefighters finally furnish the corner. crews mop up the blaze that killed tw...

fifth day without power or electricity on this independence day. fireworks displays are being canceled to let police and fire crews continue relief efforts in regions where the weather will not only get hotter throughout the holiday. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: it's miserable on margaret drive, in takoma park, maryland. a tree that tore down wires friday has not been touched. some homes got power back and then lost it. and the pets are sweltering in lynn quarel's home. >> first of all, i'm definitely worried about my cats because -- i mean heat isn't good for any an...