Nearly 20,000 customers remained without power late Wednesday morning as howling winds from a powerful winter storm blew through the Kansas City metro area, utilities reported.
Evergy reported nearly 15,000 customers were without power as of 11:15 a.m., down from as many as many as 21,209 customers without power four hours earlier.
The hardest-hit areas continue to be Jackson County, where 5,978 customers were without power, and Johnson County, where 5,052 customers had no power. Clay County was a distant third, with 1,214 customers still without power…