Blizzard in North Dakota, tornado in SE Minnesota

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Spring storms moving through the Upper Midwest, including a blizzard and a tornado, have forced the closure of the North Dakota Capitol, schools and roads, and tore up a small town in Minnesota. The National Weather Service says a tornado with winds of more than 110 mph took the roofs off houses, destroyed grain bins, snapped power lines and lifted a house off its foundation in Taopi, Minnesota, late Tuesday (April 12, 2022). Two people were taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries. The North Dakota state Capitol in Bismarck, along with scores of schools, government offices and roads, remained closed Wednesday due to the blizzard. Two feet of snow was expected to fall by Thursday.