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WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City)News report · Sep 7, 1:21 AM
Over 35,000 Evergy customers without power due to storms
Many have been left without power in the Kansas City metro due to storms on Sunday evening.
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Over 35,000 Evergy customers without power due to storms
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City) describe the same event in different terms.
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As of September 7, 2026 at 4:16 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Many have been left without power in the Kansas City metro due to storms on Sunday evening.
The headline split WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City) frames it as "Over 35,000 Evergy customers without power due to storms". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette frames it as "Outages leave almost 3,200 Little Rock customers without power".
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KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City)News report · Sep 7, 4:16 AM
Kansas City storms leave more than 34,000 without power, cause widespread damage
Strong to severe thunderstorms left thousands without power across the Kansas City metro, with major outages in Cass and Leavenworth counties
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Arkansas Democrat-GazetteNews report · Sep 7, 2:35 AM
Outages leave almost 3,200 Little Rock customers without power
Almost 3,200 customers in the Riverdale neighborhood of Little Rock were without electricity on Sunday night.
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Sep 7, 1:21 AM: WDAF FOX4 (Nexstar, Kansas City) joined the source map.
Sep 7, 2:35 AM: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette joined the source map.
Sep 7, 4:16 AM: KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) joined the source map.
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