Storms batter East Coast of US

A Pepco employee works to stabilize power lines damaged in a massive storm that swept through the region Friday night, July 1, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. Although crews are at work repairing systems, there are still almost a million people in the greater Washington, DC area without power.

Photo by (Photo by Allison Shelley/Getty Images) Jul 2, 2012