Thousands In Metro Area Without Power Wednesday Morning Due To Spring Snowstorm

CBS Minnesota

March 5, 2025 / 8:49 AM CST

Thousands of people in Minnesota are without power Wednesday morning as a spring snowstorm brought several inches of snow to the area.

Xcel Energy says that as of 8:30 a.m., more than 8,000 customers were without power. Most of those customers were concentrated around the Twin Cities.

Another large outage was along the St. Croix river in Stillwater, where Xcel Energy says roughly 1,000 customers are without power.

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