Aug 21, 2021

Storm leads to power outages

Posted Aug 21, 2021 2:12 PM

By WIBW TV

(WIBW) - A storm packing heavy rain, gusty winds, and lots of lightning knocked out power to more than 1,300 people Friday night in Manhattan.

Evergy’s outage map showed much of the outage centered around Marlatt Ave. and Seth Child Rd. It was first reported around 7:30 p.m., affecting 1,333 customers. A couple dozen other customers were out along Anderson Ave., west of Kimball.

Evergy’s map showed power restored to most customers by 10 p.m.