Severe storms slam Kansas City with 75 MPH winds (representative image) – Source: Getty
Powerful thunderstorms hit Kansas City on Tuesday night, October 13, with winds strong enough to knock down trees, tear through electrical infrastructure and leave a wide swath of residents without power. KMBC 9 News reported gusts reaching about 75 miles per hour in parts of the region. Thousands were left in the dark, and local roads quickly became hazardous.
KCTV5 captured video of the storm as it pushed across the metro. Communities in both Missouri and Kansas saw damage: trees down, streets blocked, power lines tangled and snapped. Utility crews, according to KMBC’s storm coverage, faced a big restoration effort as the outages spread from one neighborhood to the next.
Thousands lose power as trees and power lines fall across Kansas City
The numbers began to take shape as utilities worked through the damage on the evening of October 13. Evergy told KMBC that 44,740 customers across its service area were without electricity at roughly 9 p.m. Tuesday. More than 38,600 of those customers lived in Missouri…