The Big Story Blog
< Floods drive Willow River evacuation; Moose Lake an 'island' | Main | I-35 southbound from Duluth is re-opened >

Duluth area flooding runoff from space

Posted at 2:30 PM on June 21, 2012 by Paul Tosto
Filed under: Weather

Just call it the Big Muddy.

Satellite images collected by the University of Wisconsin's Space Science and Engineering Center show the big brown runoff in and around Duluth today from the deluge.

Click on the picture for a larger view.

duluthmud.jpg

Here's what it looked like on Sunday.

33duluth.jpg

About Paul Tosto

Paul Tosto

Paul Tosto writes the Big Story Blog for MPR News. He joined the newsroom in 2008 after more than 20 years reporting on education, politics and the economy for news wires and newspapers across the country.

Become a sponsor