Utility crews race to restore power to hundreds of thousands

The number without?power?was dropping, but more than 500,000 customers were still using generators, hauling water, and camping out almost a week after storms knocked out electricity to millions in the nation's capital and beyond.

By Alex Dominguez,?Associated Press / July 5, 2012

A worker from Florida Power and Light repairs Pepco power lines downed by heavy storms six days ago in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 5. About 600,000 customers from Ohio to Virginia remained without power, six days after violent storms first struck and as a heat wave continues to bake much of the region, local power companies said Thursday.

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

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More strong storms moved in on the eastern U.S. on Thursday, even as hundreds of thousands of people remained without?power.

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The number without?power?was dropping, but more than 500,000 customers were still using generators, hauling water and camping out almost a week after storms knocked out electricity to millions in the nation's capital and beyond. At least 26 people were killed, many by falling trees.

Pepco, a public?utility?covering much of Washington, D.C., and the Maryland suburbs, was facing harsh criticism. As of Thursday morning, the?utility?said it had restored?power?to more than 90 percent of customers.

Meanwhile, a new round of summer storms was making its way across Michigan and Ohio, knocking down trees and?power?lines. Some new outages came in areas that already had?power?restored.

Utilities?said more than 300,000 homes and businesses across Michigan were without?power.

Cooling stations and shelters remained open across West Virginia and in other states.

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