The weather has been a main character in the story of the last 24 hours. Paul Huttner has been watching it all unfold. He joined host Cathy Wurzer with the latest on what happened last night and what’s still in store.
Wednesday will be mainly dry in southern Minnesota while northern Minnesota sees rain and snow showers. Expect a seven-day stretch of pretty chilly temperatures. Highs Thursday will not get out of the 30s for most of Minnesota.
Severe storms — including a tornado touchdown with estimated peak winds of more than 130 mph — wrecked homes and left two people injured late Tuesday in the southern Minnesota community of Taopi. "The whole town is gone, basically," one resident said as he surveyed the damage.
We enter the dry slot of the storm system across southern Minnesota Wednesday while northern Minnesota sees snow in the northwest; rain and snow northeast. Temperatures will drop south.
Authorities continued to advise no travel across much of North Dakota on Wednesday, amid an ongoing blizzard that's already dumped more than 18 inches of snow on parts of the region.
A blizzard has led to the closure of the North Dakota Capitol and other state facilities in the Bismarck area, as well as scores of schools and colleges.
A messy spring storm is bringing severe storms to Minnesota for Tuesday evening. A blizzard through Thursday will make travel across North Dakota impossible. Periods of cold wind-driven rain and snow will make Wednesday and Thursday seem more like early March than mid April.
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