Disasters

Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday toured flood-damaged towns in Carlton County southwest of Duluth, where local officials briefed him on the needs of communities and residents.
Preliminary government data shows traffic deaths soared 13.5 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year. The number of deaths per miles driven also rose significantly.
Gov. Mark Dayton has requested federal assistance to help individual home and business owners who suffered property damage in last month's record flooding in northeast Minnesota.
Redwood Falls police are investigating after a 28-year-old man fell into Ramsey Falls while trying to take a photo.
Federal transportation officials are sending $3 million in emergency funding to Minnesota to help repair flood-damaged roads in the northeast.
In the wake of the northeast Minnesota floods, MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Dave Szczepanski, president of the Garry Insurance Center, an independent agent in North St. Paul, about how flood insurance works.