8 a.m. update: Current drive times

The number of accidents has dropped off as the rain begins to taper off, but the damage has been done. Many routes are plugged due to earlier wrecks, and a few still in progress.

Here is where the mishaps are at this hour:

Southbound 35E at the 694 junction in Vadnais Heights

Southbound 35W at Franklin Avenue

Northbound Hwy 65, the downtown exits, from northbound 35W. A Star Tribune truck is hooked on the guardrail.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35E from Forest Lake Split to I-94: 29 minutes.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 20 minutes

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 10 minutes. Eastbound is 12 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 22 minutes

Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 11 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from Anoka to Crosstown: 45 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 20 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 13 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 31 minutes.

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 23 minutes

Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 13 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 11 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 11 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 10 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 11 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 11 minutes

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 24 minutes

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 16 minutes.