DC, Virginia declare state of emergency amid deadly storm (PHOTOS) — RT

A violent storm in the US’s Washington region has killed at least 13 people, uprooted thousands of trees and left over 1.3 million homes and businesses without power in Maryland, northern Virginia and DC. Popular Internet services went down too.

Authorities in Virginia and DC declared a state of emergency on Saturday after storm winds hit almost 130 kilometers per hour and caused a series of fatalities, while reports from power companies have warned it may take up to a week to restore electricity.

At least four people were killed by falling trees, reports the Washington Post, citing local police officials. Two of the fatalities occurred in the Springfield area of Virginia’s Fairfax County. A male driver was killed at Old Keene Mill Road and Bauer Drive when a tree struck his car. A 90-year-old woman was killed in her bed when a tree fell on her house.

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Local resident Betty Coll (L) shows friend Joe Straub (R) damages in front of her house after a powerful overnight storm in the Washington, DC region June 30, 2012 in Falls Church, Virginia (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Local resident Betty Coll (L) shows friend Joe Straub (R) damages in front of her house after a powerful overnight storm in the Washington, DC region June 30, 2012 in Falls Church, Virginia (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Debris from the storm-damaged Park Tanglewood apartments, some of which were exposed when high winds tore open a hole in the roof and knocked out the electricity, sits atop cars and utility lines in the parking lot in Riverdale, Maryland, June 30, 2012 (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

People react upon seeing storm damage in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, June 30, 2012 (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

People survey storm damage in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, June 30, 2012 (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

An uprooted tree block a street in the American University neighborhood of Washington, DC, on June 30, 2012 the morning after a violent storm swept through the area (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

An uprooted tree caused damage to electrical lines and a home in the American University neighborhood of Washington, DC, on June 30, 2012 (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

Power lines hang from a utility pole snapped in half and a fallen tree covers a car on Yorktown Blvd. in after heavy storms in the Washington, DC region June 30, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)