FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. ( DC News Now) — More than 100,000 power customers in Northern Virginia found themselves without electrictiy Thursday afternoon after severe severe storms moved across the DMV.

A construction crew in Bethesda appeared to be stuck on the side of a building as a rapid rush of severe weather moved in.

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