There's a word that most Montanans don't like to say out loud. If you've lived in the state during the winter, you've most likely experienced it. Most people in Montana don't hold back when expressing how much they hate it. I'm talking about the "W."
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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.