flooding

With all the snow we have and the chance of at least one inch of rain predicted through tomorrow streets in the Twin Ports are very vulnerable to flood, so storm drains need to be clear.

Officials with the City of Duluth held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to address a number of questions and issues regarding the storm bringing power outages, downed trees, flooding, and damaging waves to Duluth.

The Gales of November have come early as days of constant rain coupled with very strong winds today have caused flooding, road closures and power outages.

Work is underway to repair the bridge in Pattison Park and should be open to traffic early next week or possibly sooner.

A series of thunderstorms from June 15 through June 17 brought with them 5 or more inches through East Central MN through Northern WI with 10 + inches in places.

A string of thunderstorms bringing with them lots of rain over the last few days has swelled rivers and streams and filled low-lying areas, causing flooding across a number of different parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Heavy rain Friday has sparked flooding concerns across the Northland today and into the weekend.

The savage strength of this system takes over with ease in mere moments.

Crews in Superior recently finished repairing the culvert at Barker's Island from the flooding caused by the storms one year ago, almost to the date, but the 2-4 inches of rain that Superior got overnight was enough to cause serious damage for the second year in a row.

It's been one year since a large storm system dropped several inches of rain on the region; leaving homes, businesses, roadways, and entire communities damaged around the Duluth/Superior region. A year later, we take a look back at some of the incredible photos and videos that left us awestruck.

Boy what a great weekend as I went down to our laundry room yesterday and I was surprised by an inch of sewer water covering our laundry room ! Yuck and Yikes!

The aftermath, devastation, and impact of a natural disaster on a community never receives the same attention it does while in the eye of the storm.  There are occasional updates, sure.  But the communities affected face with the aftermath of the destruction daily.  While on June 20th, 2012, the flood hit many parts of Duluth, Superior and surrounding areas, Barnum (my hometown,) was hit pretty ha