The weekend winter storm coated trees and power lines in ice and thousands across the state were still without power on Monday morning.

Yvonne Etzel of Westar Energy said that it could be Tuesday before the electric service is fully restored in the Junction City – Manhattan areas.

“As our crews get into all the different neighborhoods and start making repairs we’ll be able to get more accurate estimated restoration times and customers can find those on the Westar outage map on the website.”

Etzel said 13 crews have been called in to assist in the Junction City – Manhattan area. Seven crews were called in to help in Abilene and Hutchinson, and five in Emporia.

“It’s just such a big mess, that until we get in there, and get our crews in there and figure out where we can restore the most customers the fastest….that’s what we’re dealing with.”