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Tuesday morning storms left approximately 25,000 Evergy customers without power in Kansas City, Missouri.
The power outages forced some schools to close or dismiss early on what was supposed to be their first week back from summer vacation.
A spokesperson for the Grandview School District said students at Grandview Middle School were dismissed at 10 a.m. Tuesday because of a power outage at the school.
The Raymore-Peculiar School District posted online that students at Ray-Pec High School, South Middle School, Ray-Pec Academy, and LEAD Center were dismissed early, too.
St. Teresa's Academy was supposed to have its second day of classes, but switched to an asynchronous learning day. According to the school's president, there was no interruption to learn