Power outages and transit delays lingered Wednesday morning after severe weather rolled through the Baltimore region, bringing wind gusts, thunderstorms and flash floods on Tuesday.

Much of the storm damage, particularly trees downing power lines, came with the first wave that moved through Tuesday afternoon, said Brendon Rubin-Oster, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Baltimore/Washington forecast office.

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport reported about one inch of rainfall, Rubin-Oster said, and wind gusts were close to 60 miles per hour.

More than 2,000 people are without power across the Baltimore region as of Wednesday morning, according to Baltimore Gas and Electric’s outage map.

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Some Light Rail service is suspended through Wednesday afternoon due to downed trees and damage to overhead wires, according to the Maryland Transit Administration. Shuttle bus service will be in place to take travelers between North Avenue and Falls Road stations.

Joshua Jennings and his father were traveling on North Point Road from Baltimore City to Dundalk when his car got stuck under an overpass amid flooding Tuesday evening.

“The water’s so high on that side that, if he [his father] got out right now, it would come into the vehicle,” Jennings said.

Jennings said he has been trapped during flooding over a dozen times. The 28-year-old already has one car in the shop getting fixed. Now, he’s going to have to spend more money getting this one fixed, he said.

“This has been a problem ever since I was a child,” Jennings, who grew up in Dundalk said. “It’s very, very frustrating.”

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Several parts of Maryland, including Baltimore and counties bordering Washington, D.C., were under flash flood warnings until the early evening before the severe storms turned into light rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

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Baltimore City’s Office of Emergency Management warned drivers to reduce speed and avoid driving into water as some areas, such as Upper Fells Point, are already experiencing flooding.

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Part of Hanover Street along with 6th and North Carolina streets were also flooded, and Baltimore Police are redirecting traffic, a department spokesperson said.

Just before 5 p.m., there were about 260 active outages affecting more than 7,500 people, most of whom were in Baltimore City, according to Baltimore Gas and Electric’s Outage Map.

Footage from WBAL showed high waters on South Caroline and Aliceanna Streets in Fells Point just before 4:30 p.m. Baltimore City Fire Department is responding to multiple vehicles stuck in the area.

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Baltimore Banner photojournalist Jessica Gallagher contributed to this report.