Photos: Minnesota digs out from powerful winter storm

Traffic moves steadily but slowly along I-35W.
Traffic moves steadily but slowly along Interstate 35W at West 98th Street in Bloomington.
Courtney Perry for MPR News

Minnesotans are digging out from a powerful storm that dropped a record amount of snow in the Twin Cities and created blizzard-like conditions to the south.

More than a foot of snow piled up around the metro and communities to the south. The storms brought cities like Mankato to a virtual standstill late Tuesday.

Schools and businesses closed, planes were grounded, transportation officials closed highways and an interstate, plows were called back and law enforcement dealt with nearly 400 crashes statewide.

-- The Associated Press

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