Blizzard

Some preliminary numbers gathered by the State Department of Homeland Security shows over 600 stranded motorists were rescued across southern Minnesota during the weekend blizzard.

I-90 southwest of Rochester remains clogged by huge snow drifts this afternoon.

Travel conditions are slowly improving across southeastern Minnesota, but some major highways remain closed and no travel is still advised in most areas.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation says travel conditions remain poor and many highways could still be closed Monday morning.

The most recent reports from the National Weather Service suggest Rochester took the hardest hits from the storm.

The heavy snow from the weekend blizzard apparently caused the roof to collapse on the Zumbrota Covered Bridge

The latest in a series of winter storms to pound the region has delivered over a foot of heavy snow to the our area and has made travel impossible across much of southeastern Minnesota.

Travel conditions have deteriorated to the point that I-90 in an area west of Albert Lea is being closed to traffic until further notice.

Statewide, the State Patrol has responded to over 1300 storm-related crashes and spinouts.

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