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Pepco Prepared for Snow Storm

"Mutual aid" utility crews are arriving from Georgia and Alabama; plus, what to do if your power goes out.

Utility crews from Alabama and Georgia have started arriving in the DC area to assist Pepco with any power outages from the snowstorm expected to hit Washington overnight Tuesday, Pepco officials said Tuesday.

Pepco requested more than 300 mutual aid workers from areas of the country not affected by this winter storm, and hundreds of overhead line workers and tree trimmers hit the streets Tuesday to prepare, according to a Pepco statement.

The entire DC metro area is under a winter storm warning that runs from midnight Wednesday through 3 a.m. Thursday. The storm is expected to switch between rain, snow and a wintry mix several times before it ends, and the DC area could see several inches of heavy, wet snow, National Weather Service meteorologists predict.

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The weather should cooperate with utility crews Thursday as temperatures rise into the 40s under partly sunny skies.

If Your Power Goes Out

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Report your power outage to 1-877-PEPCO-62 (1-877-737-2662), follow the prompts, and please ask for a call back to confirm that power has been restored. 

You may also report power outages through pepco.com or through the Pepco mobile app, which you can download at www.pepco.com/mobileapp.

For updates, go to www.pepco.com, follow Pepco on Facebook and follow @PepcoConnect on Twitter.

Stay away from downed power lines.

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