Stormy skies to the north
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Seven airliners, including transoceanic jumbo jets, took refuge at the Rochester airport after a severe storm closed their destination airport in Minneapolis. Once the storm cleared MSP an hour later, the planes were back in the sky for the 77-mile hop to Minneapolis. Nobody deboarded in Rochester. Other MSP-bound flights also were diverted to back-up sites – Duluth, Eau Claire, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Madison.