Photos and video: Gale winds whip Twin Ports
Apr. 17—DULUTH — A gale warning remained in effect Wednesday after gusts scattered tree limbs in Northland yards and tipped a semitrailer on the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service in Duluth forecast rain and northeast winds 15-25 mph generating waves 6-11 feet from Two Harbors to Duluth and over to Port Wing on Wednesday morning.
Thursday is forecast to reach 50 degrees with winds out of the west at 15-25 mph.
The strong wind is expected to continue Friday with gusts near 35 mph out of the west.
Waves from a harbor rolling into shore.
Waves in the Duluth harbor roll into shore Tuesday.
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Waves on Lake Superior seen behind a lift bridge.
Waves from Lake Superior roll into shore near the Aerial Lift Bridge on Tuesday.
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A wave crashing into shore by a pilothouse in a harbor.
A wave sprays up after crashing into shore by Clymer Pilothouse in the Duluth harbor Tuesday.
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From behind a harbor, waves from Lake Superior rolling into shore near houses.
Waves on Lake Superior and the Duluth harbor as seen Tuesday.
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