MN-Dot Cleans Up Blizzard

Some Minnesotans found they were a little rusty driving on slick roads yesterday.

Meteorloigist aaron white.

Aaron what are you tracking of the season as crews continue to treat those roads.

Samantha?

Katie ?

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"* minnesota s patrol tells me in our neck of the woods there were 63 incidents of vehicles sliding off the road yesterday between 9am and 9pm ?

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"* still only of those incidents resulted in injuries.

There is still plenty of clean up to do.

High winds with a light mix of snow and lots of drifting are to blame.

Mndot officials have prioritized getting driving lanes clear.

Today they are working on clearing packed snow and getting salt down.

The trouble is ?

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Still direct sunlight does help.

Snow plow operators will be busy well into the night?

"*- as they are focused on moving snow well off the edges of roads as the season "this is still early december, so there's more storms to come so they want to get that snow down further into the ditches so when it blows and more snow comes, it goes in the right place."

Dougherty recommends for those who are traveling ?

*- make sure your vehicle is able to handle winter weather conditions, carry a winter survival kit in your car, and keep phone battery charged in case of emergency.

Thank you samantha.

The minnesota department of transortation has created 511 maps ?

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"* with travel route snow plow cams, and road conditions to allow for drivers to prepare for travel.

We will have a link to that on our website ?

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