MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on flooding conditions in Owatonna and Medford, where heavy rains and flash flooding inundated streets, as residents and officials prepared for more torrential rains overnight.
Wave after wave of heavy thunderstorms marched to the east along front across the southern three tiers of Minnesota counties on September 22nd & 23rd, 2010. The combination of huge rainfall totals, and a very large areal extent, make this episode one of the most significant flash floods in Minnesota's climate history.