Strong to severe thunderstorms with brilliant lightning and booming thunder swept through the Kansas City area early Monday, knocking out power to thousands and downing some trees and limbs in the metro.
Shortly after 6 a.m., Evergy reported that 7,529 customers were waking up without power. The hardest hit was Clay County, which had more than 5,400 customers without power. There were more than 1,700 customers without power in Jackson County and over 330 customers left powerless in Platte County.
On the Kansas side, about 70 customers were without power in Johnson County…