The State Patrol reported 98 crashes overnight (between 9:30 p.m.
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The city warned that driving on residential streets could be challenging today and drivers should take their time and allow for plenty of space between vehicles. Paul said public works crews were plowing and salting arterial streets, but the city was not declaring a snow emergency because of higher temperatures in the next few days.
Paul on Saturday morning and numerous vehicles - especially those without all-wheel-drive - were getting stuck on roads that were largely unplowed at 8 a.m.
While road conditions were treacherous overnight with blinding snowfall and slippery roads, the State Patrol reported Saturday morning that there were no serious injuries or fatalities among the hundreds of spinouts and dozens of accidents.ĭriving was difficult in St. The weather service was still waiting for snowfall totals from St. Paul International Airport recorded 8.5 inches of snow. While most areas of the metro saw between 7 and 9 inches of snow, a foot of snow was reported in some northwest areas, such as Medina and Monticello, he said. This storm makes this year the third snowiest winter on record in the Twin Cities with a total of 89.7 inches, said Caleb Grunzke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in the Twin Cities. A late spring snowstorm Friday night and early Saturday that brought blizzard warnings, booming thunder and several inches of snow also left thousands without power and dozens stranded at the Minneapolis-St.
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