Minnesota Department of Transportation

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Extended no-travel advisory for I-90 through Monday due to ongoing whiteout conditions

A rapidly intensifying winter storm, a bomb cyclone with pressure plunging to 975 millibars, slammed the Midwest during the year's busiest travel weekend. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency December 28 and deployed the National Guard the next day after Freeborn County's sheriff requested help rescuing motorists stranded on whiteout highways.

Updated May 18