Tornadoes in Minneapolis

The Weather Channel has live video from Minneapolis right now where several tornadoes have touched down in the northern part of the city.  Damage is pretty severe:

A huge storm system featuring at least three tornado touchdowns moved in a northeastern path across the Twin Cities metro area Sunday afternoon, causing a long path of damage, especially in north Minneapolis and nearby areas.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak asked people to stay away from north Minneapolis so emergency vehicles and residents could respond to extensive damage to homes and buildings. Toppled trees blocked many streets.

Power was out to 22,000 Xcel Energy customers across the metro area.

In north Minneapolis, the Broadway Liquor Outlet at the corner of Penn Avenue and Broadway Avenue was hit hard, with all the windows blown out and the roof apparently gone. Houses were missing roofs and debris filled yards and streets as hundreds of residents milled about after the storm passed through. A traffic light was toppled at the intersection, street signs were bent and telephone poles were snapped in half.

Some of the first aerial photos of north Minneapolis show block after block of toppled trees and homes with damaged roofs. It appears a residential area was hardest hit, but there were no confirmed reports of serious injuries.

Live video from KSTP here.