Sunday, September 1, 2013

Over 1,000 without power in KCK; UPDATE - Over 2,000 without power now


KANSAS CITY, KAN. --- As of noon Sunday, over 1,000 Kansas City, Kan., residents are without power.

The outages are located throughout the city and not concentrated in one specific area.

The largest outage at this time is around the area of S. 81st Street and Swartz Road, where over 130 customers are without power.

Homes lost power after storms hit the Kansas City metro area overnight.

Along with BPU, customers of other utilities in cities across the Kansas City metro area also lost power.

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UPDATE: 1:09 p.m. - A larger outage is being reported by the BPU power outage map, now leaving over 2,000 customers without power.

This outage includes Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Here's the map...click it for a larger version.: