Continuous rain in the Clark Fork basin could cause the river to rise by as much as a foot and a half to about the nine foot level by Wednesday evening.
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.
Northwest Montana has reached "severe drought" status in the U.S. Drought Monitor as a lack of rain and high temperatures are beginning to heat up streams across the state.