Strong winds are causing power issues for people all across the region.

According to Kansas City Power & Light’s Power Outage Map as of 4:14 p.m. in St. Joseph there were 603 customers without power.  That number increases as you head towards Kansas City where more than 2,600 customers were reportedly without power and more than 11,500 near Lenexa.

“Most of our outages right now are being attributed to winds,” said Courtney Hughley, KCP&L Media Spokesperson. “The wind is going to keep going for most of the night so even if we get some of them fixed there could be others so it’s hard to say when we’ll get them all fixed.”

The National Weather Service said even after the high wind warming expires around 6 p.m. this evening a high wind advisory will continue until midnight with sustained winds across the area of 30 to 40 mpg and some gusts exceeding 45 to 50.

“Winds not necessarily associated with storms may cause damage, potentially bring down trees and power lines,” the NWS said.

CLICK HERE to see KCP&L’s Power Outage Map.