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Spokeswoman Corinne hotels on the riverwalk san antonio Geller said the state medical examiner concluded a traffic death Friday night in Montgomery hotels on the riverwalk san antonio County was storm-related, The Associated Press reported. The other six deaths all resulted from falling trees.
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Because of all the heat, these storms generate an incredible amount of lightning, which relates into power outages, and a lot of wind, said Jeff Orrock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. So we get a lot of straight-line winds out of these systems.
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At 2 p.m., 58,848 outages were reported in the Richmond area, according to Dominion Virginia Power's website. The hardest-hit region is suburban Washington, where more 256,101 Dominion customers remain without power.
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The weather service was planning to send a storm survey team to the Studley area to investigate the reports, said meteorologist Mike Montefusco. There were reports of quarter-size hail in many parts of central Virginia on Saturday, he said.
One bright spot: The storm brought somewhat cooler air, and Saturday's high forecast to reach 104 degrees topped out at 96. The forecast calls for the high to reach the mid-90s Monday through Wednesday.
The derecho began in the Chicago area Friday about noon and raced southeast at about 60 to 70 mph, the weather service said. It hit western Virginia between 6 and 7 p.m., the Richmond area about 11 p.m. and eastern Virginia after midnight.
At least six storm-related fatalities have been confirmed, all because of falling trees. In Albemarle County, tour 18 golf course hotels on the riverwalk san antonio John Porter, 64, was killed by a falling tree shortly before 9:30 p.m. Friday in the 1800 block of Decca Lane, police said. Also in Albemarle, Catherine Ford was killed when she was pinned down by a falling tree in the 5900 block of Scottsville Road after stepping out of her vehicle at about 10:55 p.m., police tour 18 golf course said.
Those without power Saturday night included nearly 120,000 Virginia electric cooperative customers. Dominion Virginia Power's hotels on the riverwalk san antonio biggest challenge is in Northern Virginia, where about 350,000 customers were without electricity at 8:45 p.m.
A tree crashed through a brick house at Main and Mulberry streets, leaving a gaping hole in the roof and the back of the house. A few blocks away, a fallen tree had damaged the light for the pedestrian crossing at Main and Boulevard.
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Ross Allen, a lawyer living in the Fan District, lost power and air conditioning when the storm hit, but he made it through the first night OK. "Whatever residual coolness that was in the house just stayed. But it's not like that anymore."
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