What’s happening in Minnesota Today
Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Wednesday! Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. | |
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| 🌧️ Our soggy system lingers Wednesday with showers becoming more scattered and generally lighter. Temperatures will be cool again and rain showers should taper off completely Wednesday evening and overnight. ⛅ Clouds break up overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning leading to partly cloudy skies Thursday and Friday. That will allow temperatures to pop back up into the 60s across the state. Get the latest weather news on Updraft. | |
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| | How a caterpillar native to Minnesota made its forests fuel for wildfires | The wildfires that have scorched 45 square miles of forest in northern Minnesota were driven by unusually hot, dry weather and fierce winds. But a native insect called the spruce budworm also played a key role in creating a forest primed with flammable fuel to feed a raging wildfire after it has killed trees across more than 2,000 square miles of northern Minnesota forests. | |
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— Sam Stroozas and Anna Haecherl, MPR News |
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