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A strong wind event is coming late this weekend. Starting Sunday evening going through Monday, The National Weather Service is expecting northeast wind speeds

Meteorologist Corby Nickerson with the National Weather Service Office in Missoula said he was in awe of the powerful winds that swept over western Montana, especially up on Mt. Sentinel.

Montana Morning State News Headlines for Wednesday, January 13 COVID 19 Incident Commander Cindy Farr provides details on the upcoming vaccine rollout with a mass vaccination clinic. Montanas two Senators Tester and Daines are at odds over President Trump and the recent Washington, D.C riots. A major wind event is weeping through western Montana in the next 24 to 36 hours, according to the National Weather Service. A 90 percent chance of rain turning to light snow with strong, gusty winds is ex...

4,000 acres after breaking out just before 7:00 a.m. >> all these homes now threatened by this fire. it is moving very close to these structures. >> reporter: some 60,000 forced to flee. these are tropical storm-force winds, gusts at 70 miles per hour, are making these conditions extremely dangerous. >> please leave your house immediately. >> reporter: families packing what they can. valuables and pets. >> our priority right now is getting people evacuated and out of the path of the fire. >> rep...

>> good morning, guys. we will get a break across the next couple days. this is brought to you by ninja foodigrill. i want to talk about whats happening here. a system producing rainfall across portions of interior new england this morning. we progress over the next couple of days, a drier trend will persist. wait until you see the seven-day forecast out of d.c. across the southwest, portions of southern california, dealing with a similar setup here. we have remnant moisture here and a front. pu...

And protectors of everyone in all 50 states. it was neither strange nor exceptional. it was expected. it was normal. so its still shocking when our president attacks a state at any time and for anything, say nothing of a state that is home to 40 million of our fellow citizens. you see, california is still recovering from a hellscape of a fire event. crews are at work tonight on ten separate fires right now, the worst of which over the past 11 days ate up 80,000-plus acres, destroy the homes of 1...

Recovering from a hell scape of a fire event. crews are at work tonight on ten separate fires. right now the worst of which over the past 11 days ate up 80,000 plus acres, destroyed the homes of 174 california families. more than that, the power company out there has preemptively cut the power to hundreds of thousands of californians prior to any big wind event this season. its a terrible hardship randomly impacting everybody involved, families and their kids, the sick, schools and businesses an...

Conditions with firefighters as the winds hit 60 miles per hour, its blinding out here. look at how fast the flames are moving. the powerful winds, known as santa anas in southern california, originate from dry, high pressure in the desert gaining speed while ripping through channels in mountain terrain. this is what they do and this is what they sound like >> sounds like hell was breaking throughs will thgsart. >> reporter: and it was. firefighters on their heels playing defense and losing grou...

Parts shut down when a truck is blown over. and in los angeles, the getty fire. station 9 battling the flames for days now. their first shift, 26 hours straight. they have not been home since sunday. this was a part of los angeles that hasnt seen fires in quite a few years? >> right. i dont think this areas seen fires since i believe it was 1961 with the bel air fire. but i mean, something that the residents here, its a new reality. >> and tonight, the firefighters here are aware of the historic...

Compresses and heats up, super charging the wind speeds. >> so, lets get to matt gutman, who is also live with us here in california. he is in moore park tonight. and matt, we can see that pink fire retardant off in the distance, all over the road there. obviously not a good sign tonight, that fire now headed toward a neighborhood? >> reporter: thats right, david. all this happened just a few minutes ago. multiple planes dropping this wet, sticky stuff, both to protect firefighters, us, and to t...