It'll be breezy but mild the rest of Thursday.
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Tropical storm Gaemi brought rain to central China on Saturday as it moved inland after making landfall at typhoon strength on the country's east coast Thursday night.
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Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River
A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River.
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Rain, rain and more rain couldn't drown out the cheers at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Drizzles, sprinkles and then full-on, nonstop rain drenched the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Ponchos, tarps and Eiffel Tower-patterned umbrellas weren't enough to protect the soggy but cheering crowds watching the show on the banks of the choppy Seine River.
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Longtime broadcast meteorologist Paul Douglas is retiring from WCCO radio
Douglas, who arrived in the Twin Cities in 1983, will continue to run his weather company and prognosticate for the Star Tribune.
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Weather Whiplash: This Is Exhibit A
The metro area should experience a mostly dry weekend, but Sunday T-storms flare up from Alexandria to Brainerd.