High winds and hail hit much of southeastern Minnesota
Good morning Minnesota, hopefully you made it through last night's storm alright.
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Rochester firefighters work in an area where storm winds downed a large tree overnight Thursday in Rochester, Minn. The storm caused widespread power outages across the region.
Courtesy Rochester Fire Department |
The National Weather Service is sending teams to assess storm damage from Wednesday night's severe weather, after scattered reports of tornadoes and hurricane-force straight-line winds.
“A historic, record-breaking system, for sure,” said Mike Kurz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in La Crosse.
Weather officials said they will be heading to Faribault and to Freeborn County to look at possible tornado damage in the small town of Hartland. Social media postings show major damage to some downtown buildings there, including to a bank. [Continue reading]
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