Thousands without power in northeast Kansas
Update: 3:28 p.m.: Evergy spokesman Shane Batchelder says crews have been responding to storm-related outages quickly Tuesday morning and this afternoon as another round of weather came through and caused more outages. He told 27 News high winds, rain and tree limbs are the primary cause of the outages across Kansas and Missouri.
We expect most customers currently out of power to be restored by the end of the day, while some outages requiring pole replacements may take a little longer. Our men and women will continue to work as safely and quickly as possible to restore service to those impacted. We continue to monitor the storm as it continues to impact parts of our area. We appreciate the patience of our customers while crews work.
Statement from Shane Batchelder, Evergy Sr. Communications Manager
Update 2:49 p.m.: Evergy is now reporting 18 outages in Topeka that are impacting 252 customers. The number of total outages in Kansas has increased to 345 and is impacting 21,601 customers state-wide. Everything in the service territory is being affected, according to Senior Communications Director Shane Batchelder. He said the number of outages has increased partly due to high winds. From the latest information, he anticipates power to be restored to most customers by later this afternoon into later this evening.
Update 1:13 p.m.: Evergy is reporting 15 power outages in the Topeka area impacting 211 customers. There are now 140 active Evergy outages in Kansas impacting over 6,000 customers.
Update 11:15 a.m.: FreeState Electric is reporting that the outages in northeast Kansas area have been fixed.
Update 10:48 a.m.: Evergy is now reporting 123 outages impacting over 10,000 customers in Kansas.
Update 10:14 a.m.: Evergy is reporting 899 customers facing power outages between Osage County and the City of Topeka. There are currently 89 reported outages with 4,802 total customers impacted in Kansas and Kansas City.
FreeState Electric is reporting 649 customers impacted by power outages with 347 customers impacted in Osage County and 113 in Shawnee County.
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Power outages are being reported by Evergy and FreeState Electric in Northeast Kansas.
From Osage County north to Topeka, an estimated 924 Evergy customers are currently facing power outages following severe weather in the area. There are currently 33 outages impacting Evergy customers in Kansas with smaller outages reported near St. Marys and Junction City.
FreeState Electric is reporting 609 customers that are facing service issues. The largest area impacted is Osage City with 331 customers impacted followed by Shawnee County with 113 customers.
Severe storms possible overnight Monday and early Tuesday morning
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