Weather and Climate News

Gov. Walz calls in National Guard as southern Minnesota hit with high water, evacuations

A group of people create bags full of sand.
Vounteers work to make sandbags to help keep water levels controlled around Waterville on Sunday. Waterville, a city of about 1,600 people in Le Sueur County, was hit especially hard with a recorded 6.38 inches of rain since Thursday.
Jackson Forderer for MPR News