As the Twin Ports areas of Duluth and Superior, Wis., begin recovery efforts following massive rainfall amounts that left the cities under several inches of water Tuesday and Wednesday, Borderland is shaking off the little moisture the area received.

According to Rose Sengenberger, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Duluth, International Falls received .04 inches of rain Tuesday and .28 inches Wednesday.

The amounts were minimal compared to the almost 10 inches received in Two Harbors and along the North Shore.

“Compared to Duluth, International Falls stayed relatively dry,” Sengenberger told The Journal Thursday in a phone interview.

For the month, Borderland has received 2.08 inches of precipitation, which is slightly down from June’s average of 2.49 inches. Sengenberger noted that precipitation accumulation may have seemed like more for the area Tuesday and Wednesday, however, the showers during the early week days were “pretty light.”

The meteorologist attributed Borderland dodging the heavy rainfalls due to the orientation of the cold front that brought in polar-like air down from Canada.

“The availability of the moisture was kept more to the southeast,” she said.

While referring to the flooding, Sengenberger added that although meteorologists predicted heavy rainfall and issued flood watches for the Twin Ports areas, “it’s still shocking when something of this magnitude happens.”

Sengenberger explained that although little rain accompanied the cold front for Borderland, thermometers in the International Falls area still read 5 to 10 degrees below June’s average temperature of 74 degrees.

Thunderstorms also made way into the region Tuesday night and Wednesday morning temporarily knocking out power for Minnesota Power customers. Calls were not retuned to The Journal as of press time to give the exact amount of people impacted by the brief power outage and North Star Electric Co-op officials said no power outages were reported by Northstar customers.

Meanwhile, rivers and streams in the Twin Ports area rise due to the excessive rainfall, Lee Grim, a member of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control, said Rainy Lake and the Namakan Reservoir are within levels allowed under the rule curve established by the International Joint Commission.

“We’ll have to wait and see what happens here in the next week,” Grim said. “There looks to be some rain coming this way, but I think we’ll be able to maintain.”

Grim said levels can be monitored by visiting http://lwcb.ca/waterflowdata.html.

For a complete forecast, visit www.crh.noaa.gov/dlh.