Minn. gets 10 inches of snow; Wis. winds knock out power

摘要

A November storm has dumped as much as 10 inches of snow in Minnesota and whipped up damaging winds in Wisconsin where tens of thousands were left without power. The Minnesota State Patrol handled hundreds of crashes and spinouts as snow piled up late yesterday. Between 4:30 p.m. yesterday and 7:30 a.m. today, troopers responded to 253 crashes, 258 vehicles that had spun out or slid off the road, and 17 jackknifed semitrailer trucks. Sixteen people were hurt in the crashes, but no weatherrelated deaths were reported, the patrol said. The National Weather Service recorded 5.5 inches of snow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, with Brainerd picking up the most snow with 10.1 inches. In northeastern Minnesota, Grand Rapids picked up 9.5 inches, the weather service said. In southern Wisconsin, a powerful line of storms generated at least two tornado warnings, but there were no immediate reports of touchdowns.