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Mississippi tornado wrecks homes; dozens injured
Residents shaken by a tornado that mangled homes in Mississippi were waking up Monday to a day of removing trees, patching roofs and giving thanks for their survival. More than a dozen in the state were injured.February 11, 2013
Shovels are out in snow-buried northeast
As electricity returns and highways reopen, some Northeast residents tried to get back to their weekday routines Monday following the massive snowstorm that had millions digging out from New York to Maine.February 11, 2013
Photos: Scenes from the weekend storm
A two-day storm dumped as much as 18 inches of snow across Minnesota over the weekend, closing a major interstate and prompting snow emergencies in Minneapolis, St. Paul and some suburbs.February 11, 2013
Storm socks northern Minnesota
A two-day storm dumped as much as 18 inches of snow across Minnesota over the weekend, closing a major interstate and prompting snow emergencies in Minneapolis, St. Paul and some suburbs.February 11, 2013
MnDOT closes I-94 in western Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol are closing highways in western Minnesota due to hazardous road conditions.February 10, 2013
Slick roads in Twin Cities area as storm moves through region
Freezing rain, sleet and snow have created difficult driving conditions in the Twin Cities and cancelled dozens of flights to and from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.February 10, 2013
SD interstates closed because of storm
State officials have started closing interstates in South Dakota as blizzard conditions move into the state.February 10, 2013
Live updates: Tracking the storm
Snow, mixed with sleet and freezing rain in southeast Minnesota, will spread over the state. The heaviest accumulation will occur west and north of the Twin Cities, where 8 to 12 inches may fall by Sunday night.February 10, 2013
Winter storm begins to crank up
The National Weather Service has painted a large swath of the landscape from Wyoming to Wisconsin in winter storm watches and warnings. Little has changed in the expectation for the heaviest snow accumulation to occur late tonight through Sunday from the eastern Dakotas to northeast Minnesota, where amounts may exceed 10 inches.February 9, 2013
Updraft: Get ready to shovel this weekend in Minn.
Confidence is growing for a major winter storm to take aim at Minnesota, the eastern Dakotas and northwest Wisconsin this weekend, with areas of the upper Midwest likely to be buried in heavy snow Saturday night and Sunday.February 8, 2013
US airlines to halt Northeast flights
With a massive snowstorm forming, the major U.S. airlines plan to quit flying in the New York-area airports, Boston, and other big Northeastern airports on Friday afternoon. They're hoping to resume flights on Saturday.February 8, 2013
NYC, New England brace for 1 to 3 feet of snow
A storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the record books, forecasters warned, as residents scurried to stock up on food and water and road crews readied salt and sand.February 8, 2013
Updraft: Major winter storm to take aim at Minnesota
Confidence is growing for a major winter storm to take aim at Minnesota, the eastern Dakotas and northwest Wisconsin this weekend, with areas of the upper Midwest likely to be buried in heavy snow Saturday night and Sunday.February 8, 2013
Another car through ice on Lake Minnetonka
Updraft meteorologist posts the photo.February 6, 2013
Warming planet could make big floods more likely
This week on Climate Cast, meteorologist Paul Huttner joins us to examine how a warming planet could make "megafloods" more likely. We'll also take a look at FEMA's new flood maps that significantly expand flood zones.The Daily Circuit, February 4, 2013