The Minnesota Department of Transportation is extending a travel advisory urging drivers in 11 southeastern Minnesota counties to stay off the roads amid blizzard conditions.
MnDOT says motorists in those areas should stay home through midnight Wednesday. In southwestern Minnesota, the agency has eased the restriction but still asks people to avoid driving into the evening.
The Minnesota State Patrol reports one traffic fatality on snowy roads. The victim is 22-year-old Carrie A. Lorman of Rogers, who died after she swerved to avoid a stalled car Tuesday night on Interstate 94 in Maple Grove and ended upside down in a creek.
Nearly every part of the state has snowfall from the first major storm of the season. Snow depths ranged from about 3 inches in Duluth to 9 inches in the Twin Cities to 16 inches in Rochester. The snow was tapering off by Wednesday afternoon but forecasters said it would be followed by arctic cold through the weekend.
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