KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Around 9,000 Evergy customers were without power Wednesday morning after overnight thunderstorms swept through the Kansas City area.
Fewer than 1,400 Evergy customers remained without power by 4:30 p.m., according to Evergy's outage map.
BPU reports 1,614 customers impacted, while Independence Power and Light report 931.
By the afternoon, BPU reported only 16 outages and IPL showed no remaining outages.
The outages come after storms featuring winds up to 68 mph swept through the region.
Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Joseph are among the areas experiencing an influx of outages.
Nearly 29,000 customers experienced outages around 1:15 a.m., but power had been restored to more than half of those people by 6 a.m. when on 14,000 remained witout power.
Downed trees and downed tree limbs have been reported Wednesday morning.
KSHB 41 News reporter Daniela Leon spotted a downed tree that damaged a vehicle.
We are bringing you live coverage of the aftermath of yesterdays storm. Look at this downed tree that damaged the structure of this Toyota. @KSHB41 pic.twitter.com/vF5SPSRSoE
— Daniela Leon (@danielaleontv) July 5, 2023
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