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Photos: Major winter storm brings heavy winds, snow

People walk through snow
Two people walk across the street from The Woods of Burnsville Apartments, as a winter storm reached near whiteout conditions Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.
Chris Juhn for MPR News

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A major winter storm brought strong winds and heavy snow Wednesday. Blizzard warnings were expanded to include the greater Twin Cities area until Thursday morning. The combination of high winds and heavy snow made travel difficult to impossible Wednesday evening in much of Minnesota. Here are some photos from around the Twin Cities.

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Mail carrier Dennis Niles braves the blowing snow amid a blizzard.
Mail carrier Dennis Niles braves the blowing snow as blizzard-like conditions hit Osseo and the Twins Cites on Wednesday.
Jerry Holt | Star Tribune via AP
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Cars are barely visible driving in the snow.
Portland Avenue in Burnsville had near whiteout conditions as a winter storm picked up in intensity Wednesday.
Chris Juhn for MPR News
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A man cross country skis.
People cross country ski at Theodore Wirth Park on Wednesday afternoon as snow began to fall.
Evan Frost | MPR News