By COOPER SLOUGH and BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Cleanup is underway in Hays following an early morning storm which caused damage across the town.  Hays Post talked with homeowners and USD 489 maintenance employees as they began picking up the pieces.

Midwest Energy employee Rich Augustine said MWE has been responding to numerous calls of downed power lines and broken gas meters “sometimes in the same location.”  The gas lines have “automatic shutoffs when excessive flow is detected,” according to Augustine, “as a safety feature.”

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