By Joe Jarosz
Northeast News
July 1, 2015

More than 40,000 trees were severely damaged or downed Thursday night just in Kansas City, Mo. According to Kansas City Power and Light’s website, 3,200 fuses have been replaced, 75 new poles were installed, 106,862 feet of wire has been used, At the height of the storm, it was estimated around 110,000 KCP&L customers were without power due to thunderstorms and wind gusts hovering around 80 miles-per-hour.