Officials confirm tornado touched down in Cotton, Minnesota

Emily Baude KSTP

A tornado touched down on Tuesday evening in Cotton, Minnesota, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office.

A post on Facebook from the sheriff’s office said information on possible tornado damage is not known at this time.

The National Weather Service Duluth said in a post on X that the North Shore area and higher inland terrain are expecting “life-threatening flash flooding” on Tuesday night.

NWS Duluth added that washouts of gravel roads are likely, in addition to fast, high flows on North Shore rivers.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS sister station WDIO shared photos of flooding on Tuesday night.

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