Weather

The Mankato City Council is set to vote on a new downtown location for the Rapidan Dam Store after flooding earlier in the summer made its previous location uninhabitable.

The father was swimming and boating with his 17-year-old son this weekend when thunderstorms impacted Willard Bay State Park near Eagle Beach in Utah, authorities said.

The National Weather Service confirmed an additional three tornadoes hit southern Minnesota on Aug. 5, bringing the total up to seven twisters. 

A geometric storm that launched off the sun a few days ago led to the arrival of the Aurora Borealis in Minnesota overnight. 

A calm and pleasantly warm Monday kicks off the week with abundant sunshine brightening the day.

A motorist in North Carolina was killed over the weekend after officials say they drove their vehicle into raging floodwaters and were swept away.

Temperatures will likely peak in the 70s on Sunday with most of the upcoming forecast topping off near 80 degrees nearly every day. 

Jennie Johnson and her family thought they had found paradise when they bought a small blue cabin on the shores of Lake Tetonka this spring.

Federal relief is on the way for residents hit hard by this summer's severe flooding.

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands could see impacts as early as Tuesday.

Temperatures will likely warm into the lower 70s this afternoon with sunshine to start and then a few more clouds later. 

Forecasters are shifting attention to a potential tropical threat in the Atlantic Ocean, likely named "Ernesto." This tropical wave is expected to move toward the Antilles by Monday and now has a 70% chance of developing into an organized system.

Debby was downgraded to a post-tropical storm Friday, but flooding and severe storm threats are still possible for some regions of the Northeast this weekend.