We knew it was coming, but that hasn’t made it any easier to deal with.

Heavy downpours in sheets of rain all coming in a matter of a few hours across Northern Minnesota Tuesday night causing flooding in Hibbing, Virgina, Chisholm, Tower, Ely and to the north and east up to Grand Marais and into the BWCA.

Tons of rain falling creating flooding conditions in businesses, streets, parks and homes.

Thunderstorms moved across the region Tuesday evening causing power outages which crews from Minnesota Power and Lake Country Power have been out working on.

Many communities across north central and north western Minnesota getting deluged with more rain than our infrastructure can deal with.

There was even a law enforcement confirmed tornado on the ground near Cotton.