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Michelle and Steve Dolge, who live in Chevy Chase, D.C., bought this property in Cambridge, Maryland, last year as a vacation home. Courtesy photo
In June 2020, Chevy Chase, D.C., resident Michelle Dolge traveled to Cambridge, Maryland, to help a friend prepare her second home for a pandemic-modified “beach week” visit by their teenage daughters and the girls’ friends. During her visit to the Eastern Shore town, Michelle recalled a house there that had caught her eye when she was browsing online real estate listings during the early weeks of the pandemic. The two women drove past the property so she could check it out. “I fell in love instantly,” Michelle says of the grand 1896 Victorian on the Choptank River. “I called my husband on the way home, and within three days we owned it.”
Possible tornado sweeps through DC, surrounding areas; thousands of utility customers left without power Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY
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A possible tornado swept through the Washington D.C., area Thursday night, passing through the National Mall and disrupting flights at Reagan National Airport.
Forecasters were still trying to determine if the wind damage that occurred in Virginia, the district and Maryland was caused by a tornado or straight-line winds. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning until 9:30 p.m. local time, and said about ten minutes after the warning had expired that the worst of the storms had passed.
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A possible tornado swept through the Washington D.C., area Thursday night, passing through the National Mall and disrupting flights at Reagan National Airport.
Forecasters were still trying to determine if the wind damage that occurred in Virginia, the district and Maryland was caused by a tornado or straight-line winds. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning until 9:30 p.m. local time, and said about ten minutes after the warning had expired that the worst of the storms had passed. If you are in Arlington, DC, or nearby in the greater metro area: use extreme caution if out and about tonight, the weather service said on Twitter. There are likely lots of hanging branches and leaning trees from earlier storms which may fall overnight. Avoid wooded areas, downed wires, and flooded or closed roads.