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A severe weather event occurred yesterday in Missoula and driving conditions rapidly deteriorated.

Sure, there's snow, but watch out for those LOW temperatures.

A little wind and a lot of fluff.

Missoula Rural Fire Department Battalion Chief Dan Merritt says the warmer weather has kept his department busy the past few weeks as people lose control of their controlled burns.

At least three people have been killed and hundreds of thousands were without power over the last 24 hours due to sometimes hurricane-force winds roaring into the northwest through to Montana.

Air quality in parts of western Montana deteriorated rapidly overnight.

Four days after the storm, and Missoula is still faced with cases of homes with power outages.

Firefighters have responded to and extinguished over 30 wildfires in the Bitterroot National Forest this summer, but 18 new wildfires were started by lightning this week and all but four are currently contained.

Not only did the storm cause mayhem outside, but it also caused a lot of indoor traffic at the dispatch center in Missoula.

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.