Storms roll through KC metro, knocking out power, flooding roadways & impacting traffic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Storms rolled through the Kansas City metro overnight, knocking out power to thousands, flooding roadways and impacting traffic.

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UPDATE, 8:20 a.m. | Evergy is experiencing 707 outages affecting 14,454 customers; BPU has 25 outages affecting 554 customers; and IPL reports nine outages affecting 192 customers.

UPDATE, 6:30 a.m. | Evergy reports 692 outages impacting 27,591 customers; BPU says 24 outages are affecting 821 customers; and IPL reports six outages affecting 10 customers.

UPDATE, 5:30 a.m. | Evergy says 719 power outages are impacting 29,672 customers; BPU reports 16 outages affecting 552 customers; and Independence Pwer & Light shows four outages impacting 13 customers.

Several roadways are flooding or have reported ponding.

Troost Avenue and Bannister Road were covered with water. Kansas City, Missouri, police blocked one lane of travel due to heavy water over the roadway.

Emergency crews also worked several accidents at Interstate 435 and 40 Highway; Interstate 470 and Raytown Road; and Interstate 49 and Blue Ridge Boulevard.

KSHB 41's Lauren Rainson is monitoring the storms in the weather center, Daniela Leon is keeping her eye on traffic, and we'll monitor power outages from the newsroom.

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