Many Missoulians and folks residing in western Montana are thanking Mother Nature this morning for some much needed precipitation. The rain and wind led to clear skies, greeting residents with fresh air and a little less smoke.
City and county emergency services are prepared for possible thunderstorms and high winds which are forecast to hit western Montana Friday evening. As rain starts to dribble down the KGVO window, the National Weather Service is already predicting damaging winds and isolated thunderstorms.
Monday night's storm sure did a number on the larger Missoula area where power outages are still an issue. Thankfully, cleanup crews are still going at it, and Missoula Parks and Recreation's Urban Forestry Division wants to provide helpful reminders for those still cleaning up mother nature's mess.
A category one hurricane wind gust was felt near Missoula International Airport Monday night, reaching gusts of up to 74 mph. Thousands are still without power in Missoula.
Governor Steve Bullock made a disaster declaration today, but it wasn’t for the lack of rainfall in western Montana, it was for too much rainfall in Powder River County.