Some Evergy customers still without power in Wichita

Update 2:25 p.m.

About 1,450 people are still without power in Wichita.

The Evergy power outage map, which previously showed an estimated fix time of around 1 p.m., now says it’s “re-evaluating (the) situation” under a tab listing when outages are supposed to be fixed. The area still affected is south of Kellogg and along the Arkansas River.

Original 12:32 p.m.

More than 8,000 people are without power around the Delano district in Wichita and south to near 27th Street South, according to an Evergy power outage map.

The cause of the power outages is unknown. The outage was first reported to Evergy at 11:25 a.m. It’s estimated to be fixed at around 1 p.m.

The map shows three areas included the outages, with a total of 8,235 customers being affected in those areas, according to the company’s website.

The map can be viewed here.

This story was originally published May 4, 2021 at 12:32 PM.