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Belvidere Police Chief Shane Woody described the scene after the collapse as "chaos, absolute chaos."
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Belvidere Police Chief Shane Woody described the scene after the collapse as "chaos, absolute chaos."
A string of deadly storms swept across the Southeast, causing catastrophic damage.
The levee breach occurred as California was hit by its tenth atmospheric river of the winter season.
One tornado moved near Harding High School on St. Paul's east side, and ended its journey near Goodrich Golf Course in Maplewood.
Despite this being a typical time of year for storms, the one early Wednesday morning in the metro was anything but.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday announced that federal money has been approved in storm and flooding recovery for 15 counties and four tribal nations.
Storms that swept through Minnesota overnight proved to be deadly in Douglas County.
NWS officials say the tornado had winds topping out at 120 mph, and it roared along a path that was a half-mile wide. Its survey team also found evidence of "multiple vortexes."
Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday visited a western Minnesota community reeling from devastating storms touched down late last week, pledging the state is behind them as residents pick up the pieces.
"We thought let's do something basic, simple that we can execute, but something that's classic," said John Higgins.
Homeowners cleaning up storm damage in their yards across the Twin Cities are having a hard time finding professional help.
Many residents across the Twin Cities metro are cleaning up after a severe storm rolled through the area Wednesday evening.
With more severe weather on the way, you might be wondering what to do if you wind up with damage of your own.
"For one storm to come through and do all this damage is pretty remarkable," Dan Brown said.
Blown over semis, tornado advisories, hail-covered highways, thunderstorms and snow: Tuesday was certainly a wild weather day.
Minnesota saw its first-ever confirmed tornado in December amid blustery thunderstorms Wednesday evening that left thousands without power. Now, nine tornadoes have been confirmed.
The Hudson Public Library in western Wisconsin is close Friday after sustaining significant damage from early morning storms.
Inside the Redhead Creamery store in rural Brooten, the same group that works together on the dairy farm gathered for their Thursday ritual — a meeting they thought earlier this week might be indefinitely delayed.
In Robbinsdale, entire streets are blocked by oversized tree limbs.
"The sky was really yellow," said Matt Pletcher on Friday night. "And I looked out to our front yard, everything seemed fine, then we looked out the side and saw this massive tree down on top of one of our cars."
A possible tornado touched down near Prescott, Wisconsin at about 10 p.m. Saturday. There were no reports of any deaths or serious injuries, but many structures were hit hard.
The hail storm was up to 60 miles long and six miles wide, and when it came to crop destruction it didn't discriminate.
The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down east of Watertown and moved east into Hennepin County Monday evening.
Hiring out-of-state companies to do your hail damage repairs can be risky.
WCCO's Jeff Wagner talks with home expert Charles Thayer, founder of All Around, about how to deal with storm damage (3:02). WCCO 4 News at 10 -- Aug. 3, 2019
