The population of people who are homeless increased for the first time since 2010, according the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and many shelters are having to turn people away.
Just how much snow people will get isn't clear yet. This storm has one interesting feature, an unusually narrow heavy snow band, that makes for an even higher degree of forecast difficulty than usual.
Hurricanes, fires and even hail contributed to billions of dollars in damages. The government study also finds that it was among the warmest years on record.
While the precise storm track and temperature profile are still uncertain, one model suggests possible rain to ice to a few inches of snow sweeping across Minnesota late Wednesday night into Thursday.
Our official Twin Cities temperature was 21 degrees at 10 a.m. this Sunday. The last time that we saw 20s in the Twin Cities was on Dec. 24. We could touch 30 degrees in parts of the Twin Cities metro area Sunday afternoon, and we haven’t seen highs in the 30s in the Twin Cities…
I can’t think of anyone who enjoys sub-zero temps. Saturday morning’s low of -11 completed a stretch of 9 consecutive days with below-zero low temps in the Twin Cities metro area. It’s time for the arctic chill to move out of Minnesota. We’re ready for a return to “average” Minnesota temperatures. Maybe even a few…