rain

Or pay a big price.

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.

Things are looking awful wet for Grandma's Marathon Weekend for the Twin Ports region.

According to Sgt. Neil Dickenson of the Minnesota State Patrol, I-35 tunnels in Duluth have some standing water in them Monday morning.

We all have had a close call driving in inclement weather, but this is insane!

Like many Twin Ports residents we had a flooded basement because of the storm, but our basement flooded because of our garage. In the 6 years that we have lived in our house, we have never even had a drop of water in our basement. (Knock on wood) But, we also have not been there with 9 inches of rai…

Between 7 and 9 inches of rain fell on the Twin Ports in less than 24 hours; leading to devastating damage to homes, businesses, and roads that will take weeks, if not months to fully recover. Here is a taste of what was captured through the day as the cleanup began.

While snow is known to close roads, schools, and businesses; rain almost never causes the problems we've seen in the Northland in the past day. What if the precipitation over the past day has actually fallen during the winter? How much snow would all of the rain we've gotten translate to?

Torrential rainfall has plagued the Northland, leading to road closures and cancellations on a level of an extreme winter storm. You can see the full listing of closures here. So, the question is: How much rain have we actually seen so far?

Recently the weather hasn't been that great, in fact it's been horrible, rain and cold, not very Summer like. All those fun outdoor activities that you've been dreaming about are out the window, so now what do you do? Well hopefully this list of rainy day activities can kick start som…