Midwest Energy reported widespread outages during the overnight thunderstorm.

According to Midwest spokesman Mike Morley, about 7,700 customers were out of service beginning at 11 p.m. in an area south of Kansas 96 from Jetmore to just west of Hutchinson.

As of 6:30 a.m., approximately 3,600 customers still were without power.

Morley said an estimated 100 poles were downed by the high winds overnight.

He reminded residents not to drive over down lines and to never try to move downed lines by themselves.

Crews continue to work to restore power, Morley said.

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