The aftermath of Washington's summer storms - in pictures

Storm-damaged trees litter the east lawn of the US Capitol in Washington Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Power lines hang from a utility pole snapped in half and a fallen tree covers a car in Arlington, Virginia Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

A bicyclist is helped to navigate a sidewalk blocked by a fallen tree that also damaged a parked vehicle in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

An uprooted tree damages a truck in Falls Church, Virginia Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Andrew Harriman steps across the trunk of a large tree that fell across his home in Charlottesville, Virginia Photograph: Andrew Shurtleff/Corbis

A crew clears a fallen tree from row homes in Washington Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

A utility crew works on power lines to restore power in Springfield, Virginia Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

Workers ride a golf cart overloaded with tree branches as they clean up following an overnight storm in Bethesda, Maryland Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

A tree lies on Capitol Hill grounds in Washington Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

A building manager surveys one of the storm-damaged apartments in Riverdale, Maryland Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters