Crews Making Progress, Power Restored to More than Half of Baltimoreans Who Experienced Outages

BALTIMORE, MD (Sunday, August 4, 2024) - Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott issued the following update regarding the severe storm that has caused significant power outages, downed trees, and property damage across the City of Baltimore. 

The Baltimore City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will deactivate overnight, but will reactivate in the morning. 

311 Service Requests, Ongoing Road Clearing Efforts, and Traffic Light Outages

Today crews from various city agencies - with support from crews from the City of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County worked to clear downed trees. While main thoroughfares are now clear, as of 8:34 PM, more than 150 downed trees remain impacting our roadways and more than 60 traffic signals are disrupted.

City crews - again with support from the City of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County - will work throughout the day tomorrow to clear the remaining trees from roadways. 

Traffic Enforcement Officers (TEOs) and Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers will support rush hour at high-traffic impacted intersections as we work to get all signals fully operational. Please use caution while commuting tomorrow morning and treat signal outages as a stop sign. 

Residents are encouraged to continue reporting downed trees, traffic light outages, or any other storm-related service requests by calling 311 or by using the 311 app to submit them.

BGE Outage Updates

As of 9:43 p.m. on August 4, 2024, BGE reported 391 outages remaining, impacting 11,216 customers in Baltimore City. BGE crews are actively responding to weather-related power outages. This is down from roughly 30,000 impacted customers originally impacted.

If you experience a power outage or need to report a downed wire, please call 877.778.2222. BGE asks all customers to report their outage. Outages may also be reported online, by texting OUT to MYBGE (69243), and via BGE's free mobile app available at the Apple Store or GooglePlay. 

BGE crews work as safely and quickly as possible to restore power. City agencies have been in contact with BGE to help coordinate efforts.

Code Red Extension

The Baltimore City Health Department has extended the Code Red Declaration until Monday, August 5, 2024. This means that cooling centers will remain open and accessible for those who need them, including those without power. Residents who remain without power while BGE works to restore it are encouraged to take advantage of these sites.

The following BCRP community rec centers will be open on Monday August 5th, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as cooling centers where folks without power can go to charge their phones:

• Rita Church Community Center | 2101 St. Lo Drive
• C.C. Jackson Recreation Center | 4910 Park Heights Ave.
• Cahill Rec Center | 4001 Clifton Ave.
• Madison Square Recreation Center | 1401 E Biddle St.
• Morrell Park Recreation Center | 2651 Tolley St.
• Coldstream Recreation Center | 1401 Fillmore St.
• Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center | 1201 Pennsylvania Ave.
• Edgewood/Lyndhurst Recreation Center | 835 Allendale St.
• Herring Run Recreation Center | 5001 Sinclair Ln.

The following Baltimore City Health Department's Division of Aging and Community Support sites will serve as cooling centers on Monday, August 5th, from 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

• Waxter Center for Senior Citizens | 1000 Cathedral St. (410) 396-1324 
• Oliver Senior Center | 1700 N Gay St. (410) 396-3861 
• Zeta Center for Healthy & Active Aging | 4501 Reisterstown Rd. (410) 396-3535 
• Hatton Senior Center | 2825 Fait Ave. (410) 396-9025 
• Sandtown-Winchester Senior Center | 1601 Baker St. (410) 396-7725 
• Harford Senior Center | 4920 Harford Rd. (410) 426-4009

The following Mayor's Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) sites will serve as cooling centers and as places where residents without power can go to charge their phones (days and hours vary by location):

• My Sisters Place Women's Center (women and children only) 17 W. Franklin St. | Mon, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Weinberg Housing & Resource Center (WHRC) 620 Fallsway | Mon, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Manna House | 435 E. 25th St. | Mon, 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Franciscan Center | 101 W. 23rd St. | Mon, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Beans & Bread | 400 S. Bond St. | Mon, 9:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.

The following Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) sites will serve as cooling centers and as places where residents can go to charge their phones on Monday, August 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

• Cherry Hill Homes | 2700 Spelman Road
• Brooklyn Homes | 4140 10th Street

ShopRite Howard Park (4601 Liberty Heights Ave.) will serve as a community cooling center and as a place where residents without power can go to charge their phones on Monday, August 5 from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Residents seeking relief from the heat can also visit open Pratt Library locations on Monday, August 5. 

Changes to Recreation and Parks Operations

Camp Baltimore will be relocated tomorrow for four recreation centers: 

• Roosevelt Recreation Center will relocate to Shake and Bake, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave
• Medfield Recreation Center will relocate to the Vollmer Center, 4915 Greenspring Ave
• Cahill Recreation Center will relocate to Shake and Bake, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave.
• Mary E. Rodman will relocate to Middle Branch Fitness and Wellness Center, 201 Reedbird Ave. Bus will pick up at Mary E. Rodman at 8:30 am and return at 3:30pm. 

Roosevelt Swimming pool will not open tomorrow due to storm damage and an ongoing power outage.