Currently in the Twin Cities — July 1, 2024: Another beautiful Minnesota summer day

The weather, currently.

The absolutely perfect weather this weekend will continue on Monday, with plentiful sunshine and cool breezes. This is summer in Minnesota at its best.

The Mississippi River officially crested over the weekend in the Twin Cities, so water levels along the banks should start to slowly drop over the next few days and weeks. Fourth of July celebrations were cancelled due to flooding in both Stillwater and at Valleyfair, but everything else across the metro looks like it’s still a go.

— Eric Holthaus (in for Sven Sundgaard)

What you can do, currently.

A Media Matters analysis found that last year — the hottest calendar year on record — network coverage of climate actually declined in the US. What’s worse, just 12% of reports about climate change mentioned fossil fuels as the driving cause. The media still reported on extreme weather, but stopped short of making the climate connection.

Independent climate journalism like Currently is needed more than ever. And this year, with all of these weather warnings already underway, we’ll unfortunately have plenty of opportunities to do better.