Power knocked out in part of Manhattan: Evergy

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Numerous residents and businesses are without power Monday in the Little Apple due to a power outage.

Evergy reports that just over 1,300 of its customers are experiencing an outage on Sept. 29 in west Manhattan. The outage was first reported just after 10:30 a.m. and is estimated to be repaired by a little after noon.

The Riley County Police Department encourages drivers in Manhattan to treat all intersections within the outage area as four-way stops. The outage area includes major intersections such as Kimball Avenue and Browning Avenue, Claflin Road and Seth Child Road along with Anderson Avenue and Seth Child Road.

Evergy has yet to identify the source of the power outage. You can keep up with the latest information on this outage by visiting the Evergy power outage map online.

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