Minneapolis, MN – Blizzard, Heavy Storm Dumps at Least 16 Inches of Snow

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    Falling snow and high winds create poor visibility for a Wilmar, Minn. resident using a snowblower, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 during the first major snow storm of the season. (AP Photo/The West Central Tribune, Ron Adams)Minneapolis, MN – A slow-moving storm has dumped at least 16 inches of snow on parts of Minnesota, blanketing the Twin Cities, making some rural roads impassable and leading to at least one fatal crash.

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    The heaviest snowfall the Twin Cities has experienced in two years led to the cancellation of dozens of flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Sunday and caused hundreds of traffic accidents around the state.

    Blizzard conditions, blowing and drifting snow made visibility so poor that the state Department of Transportation pulled snowplows off the highways Sunday afternoon in southwest and west Minnesota.

    The Minnesota State Patrol reported nearly 600 crashes by Sunday night. The patrol says one person was killed in a crash involving a semi on Highway 61 near Red Wing.


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    ItsMyOpinion
    ItsMyOpinion
    11 years ago

    If you have to be stranded at an airport, this is the one you would want to be at.
    MSP is one of the world’s best.

    Anon Ibid Opcit
    Anon Ibid Opcit
    11 years ago

    Obviously caused by Hashem’s anger at the re-election of Bachmann