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High-Impact and Far-Reaching Winter Storm Continues; Cold Expands and Persists

A major winter storm will shift its impacts into the Northeast U.S. with heavy snow through tonight while over the Mid-Atlantic, sleet and freezing rain will diminish. Extremely cold air behind the storm will prolong dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts. Sub-zero low temperatures are expected nearly every morning from the Northern Plains through the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast. Read More >

Newspaper Accounts of the
August 21, 1883 Tornadoes
in Southeast Minnesota

 

The following newspaper articles came from The Winona Daily Republican.  A special thanks go out to Winona State University for allowing us access to their site and the opportunity to provide pdfs of this newspaper on this page. Without their help, we would not have been able to provide such a thorough coverage of the newspaper accounts of these historic tornadoes and some recovery efforts that took place.