By SALINA POST
UPDATE 7:50 a.m. Thursday: As electric company crews work feverishly to restore power to the area after Wednesday's wind storm, thousands in the area remain without power.
In little more than 13 hours, the number of Evergy customers in Salina who were without power has dropped from 18,600 to 8,243 this morning. While that is of little comfort to those who remain without power, it is encouraging that crews are making progress.
Because the storm raged on for so long, some locations are now reporting more outages than they were early Wednesday evening.
Here are the latest outage numbers from Evergy's website:
Abilene: 217
Assaria: 198
Barnard: 65
Bennington: 315
Beverly: Fewer than 5
Brookville: 145
Canton: 346
Chapman: Fewer than 5
Culver: 61
Delphos: 51
Durham: 81
Gypsum: 198
Hope: Fewer than 5
Inman: Fewer than 5
Lehigh: 88
Lincolnville: fewer than 5
Longford: 71
Lost Springs: Fewer than 5
Marion: Fewer than 5
Miltonvale: 260
New Cambria: Fewer than 5
Peabody: Fewer than 5
Smolan: 94
Tampa: 70
Tescott: 62
Wakefield: 393
Woodbine: Fewer than 5
Like Evergy, DSO Electric Cooperative crews continue to make progress restoring power to its customers. Following is a map and legend for DSO outages.
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As of 6:13 p.m. Wednesday, more than 78 percent of Evergy's customers in Salina were without power due to the wind storm blasting the area.
According to the Evergy website, 18,600 customers in Salina are affected by the outages. That's 78.46 percent of the Evergy customers in the city.
Evergy customers in other locations include the following, according to the Evergy website.
Abilene: 3,213
Assaria: 198
Barnard: 65
Bennington: Fewer than 5
Beverly: Fewer than 5
Brookville: 145
Canton: 340
Carlton: 21
Chapman: Fewer than 5
Culver: 61
Delphos: 10
Durham: 81
Florence: 268
Gypsum: 198
Herington: 29
Hope: Fewer than 5
Inman: 259
Lehigh: 88
Longford: 71
Marion: Fewer than 5
Miltonvale: 262
Morganville: 116
New Cambria: Fewer than 5
Peabody: 513
Smolan: 94
Tampa: 70
Tescott: 5
Wakefield: 328
Woodbine: 99
Additionally, a number of DSO Electric Cooperative customers also are without power because of the high winds. Following is a map and legend for DSO outages.
