Severe storms that hit Annapolis late Friday displaced two families after trees fell onto residential structures, while nearly 800 customers were still without power by noon Saturday. No injuries were reported, but the city was still dealing with debris, damaged property and scattered outages a day later.
Annapolis Mayor Jared Littmann said he had been in touch with BGE governmental liaison officials as the city worked through the damage, and he said some substations were damaged. The Annapolis Office of Emergency Management was coordinating the response while city crews assessed damage and cleared debris from city locations.
The hardest-hit areas appeared to be West Annapolis and Admiral Heights, where the storm’s impact was most visible even though most property reports involved only minor damage. That contrast made the cleanup sharper: a storm that left much of the city with only small property losses still forced two families from their homes and cut power across hundreds of accounts.
Late Friday night, the Department of Public Works sent cut-and-toss teams to clear downed trees from roadways and restore traffic patterns, and crews completed a 12-hour overnight shift before continuing work with BGE. The Annapolis Department of Planning and Zoning began damage assessments at 7 a.m. Saturday, while city officials urged residents to treat downed wires as dangerous and stay away from trees or branches near them.
The city’s next step is plain enough: keep clearing roads, keep assessing buildings and keep restoring electricity. The Annapolis Call Center is open at 410-260-2211 for non-emergency storm recovery calls, and the unanswered question for many residents is how soon the nearly 800 customers still in the dark will get power back.
