UPDATE: Midwest Energy: From 7,000 customers without power to 10 less than 24 hrs. after storm

Colby crews made great progress restoring more than a dozen downed poles on 230th Ave., north of Celebration Church in Hays.

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From Midwest Energy:

FINAL UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: From 7,000 without power this morning, crews made tremendous progress!

There are currently just 10 without power 20 hours later.

All but a handful of residential customers in the Hays area are back online at this time.

Great Bend district crews have restored all of their outages.

In the Hays area, we want to thank our crews from Colby, Oakley and WaKeeney for the extra help!

Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding today… it’s not been an easy day, but when folks appreciate what you do, you go the extra mile to get them back online. Have a safe and enjoyable evening!