AM 1240 WJON » north minneapolis tornado http://wjon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 12:58:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 More Than 4,000 Still Without Power In North Minneapolis http://wjon.com/more-than-4000-still-without-power-in-north-minneapolis/ http://wjon.com/more-than-4000-still-without-power-in-north-minneapolis/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 10:20:39 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=16405 Xcel Energy says more than 4,000 north Minneapolis customers are still without power after Sunday's tornado. By 8 p.m. Wednesday, crews were able to rebuild enough of the company's distribution system to restore service to an additional 1,000 customers.

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]]> http://wjon.com/more-than-4000-still-without-power-in-north-minneapolis/feed/ 0 Creative Commons via Flickr user Tony Webster More Than 5,000 People Still Without Power In North Minneapolis http://wjon.com/more-than-5000-people-still-without-power-in-north-minneapolis/ http://wjon.com/more-than-5000-people-still-without-power-in-north-minneapolis/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:24:02 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=16325 Xcel Energy says 5,105 north Minneapolis customers are still without power Wednesday morning. Spokesman Tom Hoen says the company expects the "vast majority" of the remaining outages to be repaired Wednesday, but some customers will have to wait until Thursday for power.

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]]> http://wjon.com/more-than-5000-people-still-without-power-in-north-minneapolis/feed/ 0 Creative Commons via Flickr user Tony Webster FEMA Will Assess Tornado Damage In North Minneapolis http://wjon.com/fema-will-assess-tornado-damage-in-north-minneapolis/ http://wjon.com/fema-will-assess-tornado-damage-in-north-minneapolis/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:21:18 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=16323 Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will inspect the north Minneapolis homes damaged by Sunday's deadly tornado to determine whether the area is eligible for federal aid.

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]]> http://wjon.com/fema-will-assess-tornado-damage-in-north-minneapolis/feed/ 0 Creative Commons via Flickr user Tony Webster Weather Service – North Minneapolis Tornado Was EF1 Or EF2 http://wjon.com/weather-service-north-minneapolis-tornado-was-ef1-or-ef2/ http://wjon.com/weather-service-north-minneapolis-tornado-was-ef1-or-ef2/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 10:32:55 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=16119 The National Weather Service has concluded that the deadly tornado that swept north Minneapolis was either a strong EF1 or an EF2. The weather service says it was one tornado that struck the Twin Cities on Sunday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/weather-service-north-minneapolis-tornado-was-ef1-or-ef2/feed/ 0 Creative Commons via Flickr user Tony Webster Clean-up Begins After Tornado Plows Through North Minneapolis [VIDEO] http://wjon.com/clean-up-begins-after-tornado-plows-through-north-minneapolis-video/ http://wjon.com/clean-up-begins-after-tornado-plows-through-north-minneapolis-video/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 14:56:23 +0000 tim http://wjon.com/?p=16019 North Minneapolis residents and businesses are cleaning up after a strong tornado ripped through parts of the north metro Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of homes were damaged and hundreds more people were left homeless. The Associated Press' Jeff Baenen captured some of the clean-up with this video.

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