Residents Awake to Chaos - Many Without Power

SEELEY LAKE - Many residents in Missoula County were awakened Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, Nov. 17-18 by the sounds of trees snapping and, what some described, as "a freight train" roaring through the area.

Missoula Electric Cooperative (MEC) had system-wide power outages. The outages extended from Superior, Mont., to the Bitterroot Valley, north to Swan River Youth Camp and east to Ovando and Helmville, Mont. MEC reported between 3,000-3,500 customers without power due to the windstorm with Seeley Lake and the Swan Valley being hit the hardest.

The National Weather Service (NWS)...

 

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