The season’s first major winter storm is here. The heaviest part of the storm moves through the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota this afternoon. Snowfall rates in the heaviest snow bands will reach an inch per hour.
About 15 million properties in the U.S. are prone to flooding, but patchwork and ineffective disclosure laws mean most people get little to no information about flood risk before they move.
Snow started falling in western Minnesota early Tuesday and will be spreading across the center of the state throughout the morning. For much of Minnesota, the snow will be heavy enough to set records.
November-like temperatures that arrived this past week will stay with us for much of the rest of October. And look for unsettled weather with periods of rain and snow for the upcoming week.
The powerful derecho that swept through the Midwest in August, focusing its destruction on central Iowa, is officially the most costly thunderstorm event in recorded U.S. history with at least $7.5 billion in damage.
Chilly highs are in our Sunday forecast, and I’m not seeing any mild temps this coming week. And then there’s this: many of us could see enough snow to shovel on Tuesday. On to the details.
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