Cue hand-waving probabilities and disclaimers, because here’s the rub: Predict storms on the Fourth of July and it doesn’t rain, most people shrug, thankful for a merciful sky. But if you go out on a ...

Storms, given a choice, prefer to come on weekends and major holidays. Since the Fourth of July is Peak Summer with the most number of people outside boating and beaching and gawking at fireworks, ...

Then three warm, sunny, thunder-free days Tuesday, Wednesday and much of Thursday before the next threat of storms on the 4th of July. Probably not an all-day rain, but Friday puddle potential is high ...

Every year in Minnesota the odds of being injured crashing into a deer are roughly the same as being struck by lightning, roughly 1 in a million. Tornadoes “make news” and rightfully so, but a ...

As in I don’t noah when the rain will stop. Lund Boats, up in New York Mills, Minn., is building me a custom ark. I think I’m gonna need a bigger Doppler. I don’t see 40 straight days and nights of ...

Ramsey loves watching Tampa Bay’s afternoon storms, but as the most lightning she’s ever seen flashed outside her mobile home ...

Expanding urban areas increase the risk of flood damage risk because of poor drainage and impervious surfaces. At speeds over 30-35 mph, a vehicle’s tires can lose contact with the road, resulting in ...

A sputtering warm front stalls nearby for midweek, squeezing out 1- to 2-inch rains over the metro by Thursday night; 2-4 inches in far southern counties. And Thursday should be the wettest day of the ...

BEMIDJI - Just a day after devastating straight-line winds caused a state of emergency, another tornado warning blanketed much of northwest Minnesota on Sunday night. No injuries or structural damage ...

A pleasant Tuesday gives way to a stalled front squeezing out 1 to 3 inches of rain over southern Minnesota Wednesday and Thursday. Mostly dry Friday and Saturday, then more storms arrive Sunday.

Have you ever been to a lederhosen outlet store? I don’t wear it as a badge of honor, but I have. Outside Garmisch, in Germany’s Free State of Bavaria. Against my better instincts, I recently wore my ...

Heat is a silent killer, claiming far more lives across the U.S. every year than hurricanes, tornadoes and even floods.