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Montana's governor was not in Montana — or in the U.S. at all — when punishing floods hit Yellowstone National Park and communities on its fringes this...

Some communities are trying to figure out how they will pay for flooding damages without having the income provided by summer tourists.

Some communities are trying to figure out how they will pay for flooding damages without having the income provided by summer tourists.

RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — This gateway town to Yellowstone National Park has become a dead end, a casualty of the severe flooding that tore through one of America’s most

Some communities are trying to figure out how they will pay for flooding damages without having the income provided by summer tourists.

The largest city in the state of Montana faces running out of fresh water within 36 hours after Billings only local treatment plant was overwhelmed by floods that have closed Yellowstone Park.

Billings had a just a 24-to 36-hour supply of water and officials asked its residents to conserve while expressing optimism the river would drop quickly for the plant to resume operations.

Floodwaters that rushed through Yellowstone National Park and surrounding communities earlier this week are moving through Montana’s largest city, flooding farms and ranches and forcing the shutdown of its water treatment plant

By MATTHEW BROWN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press

Businesses in some of the gateway towns leading to Yellowstone National Park are worried about the coming weeks and months after severe flooding closed the park.