Weather and Climate News

Twin Cities risk level rises for severe weather Thursday
The national Storm Prediction Center has raised its severe weather risk Thursday from “slight” to “enhanced” for the Twin Cities region and parts of central and southern Minnesota. A severe thunderstorm watch is posted now from the Iowa border to Canada.
Utility crews continue work to restore power to thousands of Minnesotans in wake of storms
Utility crews were back out Wednesday across the Twin Cities and surrounding areas of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Thousands of homes and businesses remained without power in the wake of storms earlier in the week.
Wild week of U.S. weather includes heat wave, tropical storm, landslide, flash flood and snow
Millions of people are enduring dangerous heat and humidity in the Midwest, while an Alaska landslide killed one man and a woman died in a Grand Canyon National Park flash flood.
Storms interrupt fifth annual Black Entrepreneur State Fair  
Organizers say no one was injured by the storm, but say the high winds tossed vendors’ goods and equipment around the grounds where the fair is being held in Minneapolis. The fair will resume Wednesday.