Tornado, large hail reported across southern Minnesota causing power outages Tuesday

The FOX 9 Weather Team received confirmed reports of a tornado on the ground northeast of Garden City in Blue Earth County Tuesday evening as part of a storm system that affected much of southern Minnesota. 

Slow motion hail video near Beardsley, Minnesota
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Video shows hail falling in slow motion in Beardsley, Minnesota as severe weather moved across the area Tuesday evening. (Chuck Bauer)

Big snowflakes fall on Easter Sunday in Minnesota
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It was a snowy Easter Sunday for most of the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota area as heavy, fat snowflakes fell at a rate of almost an inch per hour.

Historic flooding hits Mississippi, Tennessee with more drenching rains expected

Forecasters said heavy rains were expected in a band from eastern Louisiana across central parts of Mississippi and Alabama and into far west Georgia.

Smoke from Australian bushfires reaches South America, UN reports

The fires have caused hazardous air quality in major cities throughout Australia and part of New Zealand, and now the smoke has drifted thousands of kilometers across the Pacific Ocean, first reaching Argentina and Chile Monday.

Snow expected overnight in metro before subzero temps
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Extreme cold will follow snow that will sweep through the Twin Cities metro and central Minnesota overnight.

Duluth, Minn. residents dig out after big snowstorm
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Residents in Duluth, Minnesota were digging out Sunday after the weekend storm dropped well over a foot of snow on the city. (Video from KQDS)

Thanksgiving weekend storm to bring rain, snow to Minnesota
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It is going to be an active couple of days as snow arrives Friday night and then, depending on your location, that precipitation could remain snow or switch to sleet or rain for the better part of Saturday with snow returning on Sunday.?

Venice declares state of emergency, 'on its knees' after second-worst flooding ever recorded

The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damages.

Snow possible in southern Minnesota as temperatures dive across the state
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It's going to be a chilly seven days in the Twin Cities area, but Tuesday night, the focus is on some snow that will graze the Twin Cities but could dump 3-5 inches of snow on the I-90 corridor.

Tropical Storm Nestor forms, threatening US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Nestor formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, threatening the northern Gulf Coast with rising seawater, high winds and heavy rains.

It has been a lackluster year for sunshine in Minnesota
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It has been a lackluster year for sunshine in Minnesota, as FOX 9's Cody Matz takes a look at the weather trends.

All time October record highs fall in the southeast
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It has been a wild few weeks of weather across the country. The temperatures have been anything but steady here in Minnesota with 50s one day and 80s the next.? But for the southern and eastern U.S. wild swings in temperature haven?t been the story; it?s been the persistence of the summerlike heat.