Evacuated Billings residents return home after Sunday canal overflow
Tunnel blockage sends water into streets
MTN News / Mitch Lagge
An excavator sits tipped on its side after its operator moved it near North 19th Street to try and reinforce the canal bank after it overflowed Sunday morning.
and last updated 2021-06-06 23:17:38-04
BILLINGS â Evacuated residents from a section of the Billings North Side were allowed to return to their homes around 6 p.m. Sunday after water depths in the canal located north of the homes lowered to a safe level.
Local officials held a press conference Sunday afternoon to update the community after water overflowed from the canal's banks on the 2000 block of Burnstead Drive around 7: 15 a.m.