Though the worst of the Missoula County flooding this year is likely over, National Weather Service Hydrologist Ray Nickless says he believes the swollen rivers this year may have created conditions where flooding is perennial in Missoula.
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.
Many residents evacuated due to flooding of the Clark Fork River are making repairs and preparing to move beck in, several are still inaccessible due to high water.
In the summertime, pools of standing water are a natural breeding ground for mosquitoes, and with the 2018 Missoula flood, returning evacuees will have plenty of standing water to deal with.
Encouraging news for western Montana regarding the flooding of the Clark Fork River. Water levels are receding, and there may be an update for evacuees soon
As western Montana heads back to work and school after the long pleasant Memorial Day holiday weekend, area rivers are still at flood stage, but the worst seems to be over.
The federal on-scene coordinator with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Emergency Response Unit, Marty McComb and one other EPA official are in Missoula to test the berms and the toxins at the former Smurfit-Stone mill site