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Photos: April snowstorm impacts Minnesota

High wind and ice caused downed power lines near Rushmore, Minn.
Power poles snapped off at the ground by high wind and ice on 270th Street and King Avenue south of Rushmore, Minn., on Thursday.
Tim Middagh | The Globe

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For the second year in a row, an April snowstorm dumped heavy wet snow across much of the state.

High winds downed trees and power lines in counties in southern Minnesota, causing thousands to lose power. Whiteout conditions and ice-covered roads also caused traffic accidents and interstate closures.

Blizzard and winter storm warnings continue into Friday morning with another 5 to more than 10 inches expected to fall across much of western, central and northern Minnesota.

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Pedestrians walk along Cedar Street in downtown St. Paul
Pedestrians walk along Cedar Street in downtown St. Paul on Wednesday.
Christine Nguyen | MPR News
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Farah Funk uses a flashlight to look for an item for a customer.
Farah Funk, Stewartville Ace Hardware manager, uses a flashlight to look for an item for a customer Thursday afternoon at the hardware store in Stewartville, Minn. Wednesday's and Thursday's storm caused power outages across southern Minnesota.
Joe Ahlquist | Rochester Post Bulletin via AP
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Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services journeyman lineman Nick Rolfing.
Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services journeyman lineman Nick Rolfing, left, and working foreman Russ Nelson, right, change a ground operating switch to direct power to the City of Brownsdale from a different substation Thursday, just south of Browndale, Minn. Power lines feeding the town were knocked down by ice and wind.
Andrew Link | The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP