Minnesota
Minnesota storm damage, flooding roundup from Wednesday night
Twin Cities area sees intense storms
FOX 9 reporter Babs Santos was onsite in Jordan, Minnesota, Wednesday night time to supply a stay climate report – capturing wonderful footage within the course of.
(FOX 9) – Extreme storms that pushed throughout Minnesota on Wednesday left behind harm, took down timber, knocked out energy, and prompted flooding throughout the metro.
The storms, which moved throughout the state, west to east, all through the night, prompted a number of twister warnings over the course of the night. Within the western parts of the state, authorities reported downed timber, downed energy traces, and harm to buildings and barns.
Nearer to the metro, issues weren’t any higher as storms introduced FOX 9’s Rose Schmidt was at a house in Edina the place a tree had fallen onto it. There have been different experiences of timber onto houses and automobiles in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park amongst different areas.
Flooded basement
What do you do when water begins pouring into your basement by a ground-level window? Cross your fingers and seize a plastic bin. Meghan Walsh shared this video from St. Paul.
Water pours into St. Paul basement by window
What do you do when water pours by the window into the basement of your own home? Seize a plastic bin. Video from Meghan Walsh in St. Paul, Minnesota throughout Might 11, 2022 storms.
Timber take down energy traces
In Bloomington, firefighters shared a photograph of timber down throughout a roadway that had knocked down energy traces.
“BFD crews responding to quite a few incidents from earlier extreme storms. PW crews have been referred to as in to take away timber from roadways. A number of areas of town are with out energy,” the tweet reads.
Flooding on highways, at MOA parking storage
There have been a number of experiences of flooded roads alongside I-494 in Bloomington close to Penn Avenue and at Portland Avenue. On the Mall of America, there have been additionally a number of experiences of flooding, together with a automobile submerged in water alongside Killebrew Drive.
Images from a viewer additionally confirmed a flooded-out MOA Transit Heart.
A viewer photograph displaying flooding on the Mall of America Transit Station.
Twins and Loons video games suspended, Allianz Area flooded
The robust storms disrupted sports activities video games as nicely. The Twins have been pressured to droop their recreation versus the Astros. It is going to be resumed Thursday at 12:10 p.m.
The heavy rains additionally flooded out Allianz Area the place the Minnesota United have been enjoying Colorado. That recreation is prone to be completed Thursday afternoon.
Flooding at Allianz Area in St. Paul
Heavy rains flooded out Allianz Area in St. Paul. Minnesota United vs Colorado Rapids within the US Open Cup was postponed till Thursday.