Power Outages and Community Resilience

Northeast Kansas braced for impact as storms plunged 16,000 homes and businesses in Saline County into darkness—Salina’s entire city lights out at one point. Utility crews are now racing 24/7 to restore power, tackling the toughest, slowest repairs first. Residents like Carla Pasley in Topeka faced early-morning chaos, relying on flashlights, but neighbors rallied to clear fallen branches, proving community spirit thrives even without electricity. Evergy’s outage map keeps folks updated as crews push forward—one outage at a time. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/92637ccc6b4d7b89