(19 Dec 2024)
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Minneapolis – 19 December 2024
1. Various of snow along Mississippi River and downtown skyline
2. Man walking dog through snow
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tyler Wadsworth, Minneapolis resident:
“I think we’re all just excited to have a nice snowfall for the Christmas holiday. It’s beautiful out here. We were worried it was just going to be, you know, a barren, frozen land, you know, for Christmas. But I think the snow has gotten everybody’s spirits up.”
4. Puppy running through snow
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tyler Wadsworth, Minneapolis resident:
“Yes, I’m with, I’m with my my pup Lily. She’s a five-month-old golden retriever. This is really her first snowfall. And she’s just having a blast. She doesn’t want to stay inside. She wants to be out in it. And, so we’re just walking the Stone Arch Bridge and trying to find some big snow piles for her to jump in. It’s a jolly good time."
6. Wadsworth walking dog through snow
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Bismarck, North Dakota – 19 December 2024
7. Various of wind blowing snow across city streets
STORYLINE:
A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, slowing traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for large areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas, where some interstates were snow-covered and treacherous. Several fender-benders and slide-offs were reported, some causing injuries. There were no immediate reports of deaths.
Up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) of snow were possible in Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, where Thursday morning rush hour slowed to a crawl and several accidents were reported as snowfall intensified.
“It’s beautiful out here,” said one Minneapolis resident as he took his five-month-old Golden Retriever puppy Lily for a walk. “We were worried it was just going to be, you know, a barren, frozen land, you know, for Christmas. But I think the snow has gotten everybody’s spirits up.”
In the North, blustery winds of up to 50 mph (80 kilometers per hour) were common Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Snowfall totals were mostly under 6 inches (15 centimeters) — not a lot by North Dakota standards, but enough to make roads dangerous.
A 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 94 in North Dakota, starting at the Montana state line, was closed for about 90 minutes Thursday morning when snow and ice made the road virtually impassable, and eventually blocked by trucks.
In some ways, the snow was overdue. Until this week, less than 3 inches (8 centimeters) of snow had fallen in the Twin Cities, which typically gets over a foot (30 centimeters) of snow by mid-December.
Whether the snow sticks around long enough for a white Christmas is uncertain. The forecast through the holiday is snow-free for most of the upper Midwest, with temperatures rising above freezing early next week.
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