Weather

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down Monday near Belle Plaine, Minnesota Monday night.

A stalled thunderstorm dropped almost 2 inches of rain in one hour on the Twin Cities Tuesday, causing a Flash Flood Warning for the area.

Nearly 5,000 customers are without power Tuesday after Monday’s storms, Xcel Energy says.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Monday until 10 p.m.

The high heat can make routine activities pretty dangerous.

A Doppler-indicated Tornado Warning has been issued for Benton, Mille Lacs and Morrison Counties Sunday night, along with Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for nearby counties. 

Barry has made landfall in Louisiana and has weakened to a tropical storm.

Homeowners sandbagged their doors and tourists trying to get out of town jammed the airport Friday as Tropical Storm Barry began rolling in with the potential for an epic drenching that could prove whether New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrina over a decade ago.

The second named storm has formed with the potential to become a weak hurricane before making landfall in Louisiana this weekend.