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Weather and Climate News

Minnesota's famed winter isn't what it used to be

Minnesota's famed winter isn't what it used to be

Minnesota is among the fastest warming states, and Minnesota's winters are warming faster than its other seasons. Data show that since 1970, Minnesota's winters have warmed at an average rate of 1.1 degrees per decade -- that's more than five times faster than the rate of winter warming in previous years.
by Jeff Baenen, Associated Press and Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Hanging on to a Fargo river home despite annual threats of flooding; eyeing the melt in Marshall

Hanging on to a Fargo river home despite annual threats of flooding; eyeing the melt in Marshall

Hundreds of homes in flood-prone areas of Fargo-Moorhead are gone: bought, removed and replaced by permanent flood levees. But there are a few holdouts who feel strongly about staying near the river, even as the threat of another flood looms. PLUS: Eyeing the melt in Marshall, Minn.
by Dan Gunderson and The Marshall Independent

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Warmth for our first full day of spring; river flooding update

Warmth for our first full day of spring; river flooding update

Minnesota highs will be mostly in the 40s today, with some spots in the metro area and the southeast reaching the lower 50s. Friday highs retreat a bit, with some 30s in the far north and in parts of west-central Minnesota.
by Ron Trenda

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Communities in southern Minnesota wait, watch and brace for flooding

Communities in southern Minnesota wait, watch and brace for flooding

MPR News reporters are fanned out across the state, talking to Minnesotans about how they're dealing with the unpredictable weather and preparing for possible floods. Here's what we're seeing in the southern half of the state.
by Tim Nelson and Peter Cox

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Cyclone's huge floods endanger thousands in southern Africa

Cyclone's huge floods endanger thousands in southern Africa

Rapidly rising floodwaters have created "an inland ocean" in Mozambique endangering scores of thousands of families, aid workers said Tuesday as they scrambled to rescue survivors of Cyclone Idai who clung to rooftops and trees.
by Associated Press

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