Washington Recovers After the Storm -- PICTURES

By National Journal Staff

Updated: July 3, 2012 | 2:49 p.m.
July 2, 2012 | 3:33 p.m.

Grounds crews around Washington are cleaning up after Friday night's severe storm that left hundreds of thousands without power in the D.C. metro area.

The grounds around the Capitol suffered minor tree damage, but there were no reports of damage to the buildings on the 274-acre Capitol campus.

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A tree blown over during the intense storm late on Friday night lies on the ground in front of the U.S. Capitol on Saturday. ((AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta))

A fallen tree in Arlington, Va., came to rest on two cars, blocking a street. (Kenneth Chamberlain)

Giovanny Alvarez, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, delivers mail to a residence in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Patrick Gonzalez looks over a fallen tree that is blocking a residential street in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A portable generator supplies power to a traffic signal on Route 1 in Fairfax, Va., on Sunday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

An American beech tree is down on Capitol Hill grounds on Saturday, across from the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jake Schmidt and his wife, Celina, get their free bags of ice courtesy of Harris Teeter in Bethesda, Md., on Monday. The grocery store is distributing free ice to help community members in Northern Virginia and Maryland affected by Friday's storm. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Utility workers secure power lines on a pole as their team repairs lines downed by fallen trees in Springfield, Va., on Sunday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

A burnt Maserati is seen in the driveway of a home on Woodland Drive in Northwest Washington on Saturday. The car had caught fire from a live wire that fell on it during Friday's storm. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A tree toppled by severe storms sits atop a car in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood on Saturday. More than 2 million people across the eastern U.S. lost power and two people died. ((AP Photo/Jessica Gresko))

Robert St. Denny plays with his daughter, Lily, at a Red Cross shelter at Northwestern High School gym on Saturday in Hyattsville, Md., near Washington. The family's apartment complex was damaged by Friday's storm. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Power lines hang off a tree that sits on a house in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A damaged exhibit for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival litters the National Mall near the Washington Monument on Saturday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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