High winds leave MSP with 1 working runway
Flights are being delayed by up to four hours as high winds reduce Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to one working runway.
Airport spokesman Patrick Hogan said Tuesday evening the winds were showing no signs of letting up.
Hogan says cots will be brought out later for stranded passengers. He says the airport has seen more than 50 flight cancellations.
As a result of being down to one runway, the airport will receive 24 flights an hour, down from a normal average of 60.
High winds also are causing scattered power outages. Xcel Energy reports more than 10,000 customers are without power in the Twin Cities.
The massive windstorm has set a Minnesota record for the lowest barometric pressure - 28.41 inches - and lashed an area from the Dakotas to the eastern Great Lakes.
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