Tens Of Thousands Across Kansas City Metro Powerless As Evergy Struggles To Reconnect

The latest update shows the numbers steadily declining but still a great many challenges before nightfall and the inevitability that thousands won't have their power restored by the start of the work week.

Here's the latest . . .

Evergy said cities like Shawnee, Kansas City, Lee’s Summit and Blue Springs saw some of the most severe weather, which resulted in about 140,000 customers losing power.

The cause of the outages can be traced back to a potential downburst, which can have tornado-strength winds, with straight-line winds reported to be about 70 mph near the Interstate 70 corridor. Evergy said these lasted approximately 10 minutes.

As of 3 p.m. on Sunday, Evergy updated its outage map, which shows a little over 45,000 customers still without power.

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EVERGY UPDATE: 45K+ without power in KC

Evergy reported thousands of customers in Kansas City without power due downed lines and trees needing repairs after severe storms and winds