A beloved local bookstore, Paperback Exchange, is facing an unimaginable loss after a water main break flooded their southwest Minneapolis store early last Thursday morning . The store, which was preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary this spring, now finds itself in the midst of a crisis.

A major water main break early Thursday flooded a building and streets at a busy intersection in south Minneapolis, with the water quickly freezing in subzero conditions.

All residents parking on Oliver Avenue South have been notified as the water might freeze cars to the street if they are not moved soon.

Three people are displaced and a street is closed off after a water main break floods a street in southwest Minneapolis. Authorities have now closed the area surrounding the broken pipe as water continues to flow.

The Paperback Exchange in South Minneapolis was one of several businesses flooded with water Thursday. Julianne Moore in ‘Great Shock’ After Donald Trump Bans Her Children’s Book ‘Freckleface Strawber