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Baltimore County Derecho

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Thunderstorms, Outages Possible Wednesday Afternoon

BGE and the National Weather Service have issued the following alerts over the Perry Hall, White Marsh and Kingsville areas.

The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is warning customers that it is preparing for possible weather-related power outages Wednesday afternoon, in light of predictions that a thunderstorm and high winds might hit central Maryland. BGE’s warnings come after nearly 748,000 customers were without power earlier this month, some for a more than week, after the destructive derecho storm hit the region. Ready for another big storm? How did the last one impact your neighborhood? Tell us in the comments. The warnings also come amid a heat wave this week, which has triggered the opening of cooling centers across the region. A National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook says scattered thunderstorms are likely Wednesday afternoon and evening …

Paul Amirault

3:00 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

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