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The highest gust confirmed so far was 99 mph in Iowa. A line of severe thunderstorms that swept across the Dakotas, southern Minnesota and northern Iowa packed a serious punch, bringing damaging winds and torrential rain.
Communities across the southern half of Minnesota saw more destruction after a second round of strong storms Monday.
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans are without power Monday night as thunderstorms and damaging winds move across the state.
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More than 130K without power in MN after another round of strong storms moves through Monday
By about 11 p.m. Monday, crews were working to restore power to more than 130,000 customers, mostly across the metro.
While Minnesota was at risk of derecho conditions on Monday, the storms that arrived in the evening didn't quite qualify. Instead, a second, southern storm track that traveled from South Dakota through Northern Iowa, before linking up with the northern system that hit Minnesota, likely qualified as a derecho.
More severe storms brought on by blistering temperatures and thick humidity are on their way, likely to hit parts of Southeast Minnesota late Monday night, but some are still dealing with the effects of the weekend's storms.
The most intense storms, with wind gusts potentially exceeding 75 m.p.h., were forecast for central and eastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northern Iowa.