A second night of strong storms in Minnesota caused downed trees and left thousands without power in the Twin Cities metro.

Communities across the southern half of Minnesota saw more destruction after a second round of strong storms Monday.

Bring Me The News is monitoring the developing storm situation Monday in Minnesota. Check back for updates all day and into the night.

Severe weather that passed through during the day knocked out power for 74,000 customers across Minnesota. The vast majority of outages are in the metro, with more than 45,000 customers without power in Hennepin and Ramsey counties alone.

By about 11 p.m. Monday, crews were working to restore power to more than 130,000 customers, mostly across the metro.

The highest gust confirmed so far was 99 mph in Iowa. A line of severe thunderstorms that swept across the Dakotas, southern Minnesota and northern Iowa packed a serious punch, bringing damaging winds and torrential rain.

KIMT-TV 3 NEWS – The City of Garner has issued a local disaster proclamation after Monday night’s storm knocked down trees, limbs, and power lines and damages homes and businesses throughout town.

Another round of severe weather is possible Monday afternoon and evening just as Minnesotans are cleaning up from Sunday storms that toppled trees and left thousands without power. Heavy rain, damaging winds are the main threat,

Jeff Skindelien, who lives a mile south of Sunburg, was at a house without power on Monday attempting to clear away debris and fix broken siding that was ripped away in the storm. James Skindelien, his brother who owned the home, died unexpectedly a month ago.

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