Overview
- Powerful storms that moved through early Wednesday toppled large trees and brought down power lines across neighborhoods, parks and streets in Wyandotte County.
- BPU’s outage map showed more than 14,700 customers without power on Wednesday and roughly 9,000–9,600 customers remained without electricity in mid-Thursday reports.
- The Board of Public Utilities has mobilized all available crews and requested mutual-aid teams from other Kansas public utilities to work around the clock on multi-day restorations.
- The American Red Cross opened a shelter at the Earl Watson Community Center and local groups set up resiliency hubs supplying generators, food, water and supplies while schools canceled classes.
- Officials warn residents to stay at least 35 feet from downed lines, call 911 for hazards, report outages to BPU at 913-573-9522 and expect extended recovery as officials evaluate damage and possible federal aid.