Thousands without power after overnight flash flooding in Kansas City metro
Evergy is reporting more than 22,000 Kansas City metro customers without power.
See the latest forecast, maps and radar for Kansas City
As of 6 a.m. Thursday, the company's outage map shows at least 14,000 customers in Kansas with power out.
While more than 8,000 people are without power on the Missouri side of the metro.
In Wyandotte County, BPU has just over 2,000 customers who need service as of 6 a.m. Thursday.
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