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Kim Fundingsland/MDN
Clean-up crews were busy throughout Minot shortly after sunrise Thursday morning following a night a strong winds. Gusts exceeded 70 miles per hour for nearly three hours. This photograph was taken near Third Street and 9th Avenue Southeast.
If howling winds didn’t wake you up during the night maybe a loss of power did.
The National Weather Service reported wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour over a three-hour period overnight Wednesday, part of one of the strongest wind events ever experienced over western North Dakota. The strength of the wind, over a period of several hours, felled numerous trees. Many falling trees took overhead lines to the ground from nearby utility poles.