Weather and Climate News

Severe storms cause damage across southern Minnesota, delay opening of State Fair
Strong thunderstorms rolled across parts of Minnesota — including the Twin Cities — early Tuesday. And tens of thousands of Minnesotans remained without power in the wake of an earlier round of severe weather Monday night.
Cost is a barrier as cities prepare for wild weather in a changing climate
Minnesota cities are making plans to prepare for the impact of climate change. State grants help cities develop plans for updating infrastructure to manage more frequent extreme rain events but finding the money to make those plans a reality is a big challenge.
Latest fatal landslide in Alaska kills 1 and injures 3 in Ketchikan, a popular cruise ship stop
A landslide cut a path down a steep, thickly forested hillside and crashed into several homes in Ketchikan, Alaska, killing one person and injuring three in the latest such disaster to strike the mountainous region.