Heavy rainfall in March that burst the C & O Canal and contributed to major flooding of the Georgetown Waterfront caused damage that will cost about $2.8 million to repair, WTOP is reporting. The estimate comes from the National Park Service, which did not report where funding for repairs would come from.

Flooding began in mid-March, where locks in the Canal began to fail under pressure from heavy rainfall. The Potomac River rose 3-4 feet in most places during the storms, and 5-10 feet along the Georgetown Waterfront. Old Town Alexandria and sections of the Mount Vernon Bike Trail went underwater, too.

The damage includes a broken lock about a mile upstream of D.C. and the huge amount of mud, silt, and debris that the flooding deposited along the banks of the Potomac.

Via We Love DC

Photo from Flickr user bronpau used under a Creative Commons license

This evening saw hurricane-like thunderstorms. In Burleith, the heavy rains and wind felled quite a few large trees, crushing some unfortunately parked cars. At one accident site (near the intersection of 37th and T Streets), the owner of a green SUV was in his car when a tree fell on it, but he was not injured.

Photos by Molly Redden

Update (10:50 p.m.) The following message was just posted on the Burleith listserv:

There are a number of trees down in Burleith.  ANC Commission, Ed Solomon has called them in  and hopefully we will have DC services here this weekend. Fortunately no one was hurt as the trees fell on a few cars.

The downed trees are located as follows:

• T St btwn 37th and 38th
• T St btwn 37th and 36th
• R St btwn 37th and 36th
• S St btwn 38th and 39th