Weather and Climate News

Major flooding in the Midwest leaves 2 dead, 2 missing
Spring floods are no surprise in communities along the Missouri River. "My washer and dryer are floating around down there somewhere," said one Iowa resident.
North Dakota's largest city prepares for major flooding
North Dakota's largest city has declared an emergency and Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney is asking residents to help fill 1 million sandbags as the city prepares for major Red River flooding.
Update on river flood warnings; temps ramping up this week
Our high temperatures will be ramping up this week due to a warmer weather pattern, plus shrinking snow cover. At least our overnight lows will be dropping below freezing for several hours each night, which taps the brakes on the snowmelt a bit. There isn’t any big rain or snow in our forecast this week. Temperature…
Warming into spring this week; river flooding likely to increase by weekend
Temperatures should warm to about or even above seasonal norms on Tuesday as the milder weather arrives. Spring will really kick into gear and wear down the snow piles as the warming trend continues into the weekend.
Minnesota runner wins 350-mile Alaska race
A week before sled dog teams hit the trail for Alaska's famed Iditarod race, a hardy group of athletes tackles that same trail on foot, on bike or on skis.
Over 1,000 feared dead after cyclone slams into Mozambique
The cyclone made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday and has destroyed roads, bridges and homes, leaving people stranded and displacing tens of thousands.
Warmer temps and melting snow; how much will the rivers rise this week?
Astronomical spring arrives at 4:58 p.m. CDT on Wednesday. It’ll look and feel more and more like spring this week, as temps rise and our snow cover shrinks. Temperature trends Monday afternoon highs are expected to reach the upper 30s in much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. We could touch 40 in the Twin Cities metro…
More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream
Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees. Hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska also have been displaced by the late-winter flood.
The weather extremes of St. Patrick’s Day; warmer temps this week, with 50s in sight
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We all know that March can be a fickle month, so it’s not too surprising that there’s been a wide range of St. Patrick’s Day weather over the years. Our warmest St. Patrick’s Day in the Twin Cities was in 2012, when we hit 80 degrees. Our coldest official Twin Cities…
Ice jams cause flooding along some Minnesota creeks, rivers
An ice jam caused a rapid rise of the Cottonwood River in New Ulm, Minn., over the weekend, sending water over a roadway as authorities monitored the situation.