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High winds halt Union Pacific trains in Wyoming, set records in Montana. Thursday will bring more of the same, forecasters say. Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Hurricane-force winds across Wyoming stopped Union Pacific trains on Wednesday. A wind record set in 2014 fell at Billings Logan International Airport in Montana. The winds won't let up on Thursday. Powerful gusts projected to top 70 mph are in store from Colorado, Idaho and Montana to the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska and Utah, prompting wind warnings through Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The same high and low pressure combinations contributing to those winds were responsible for a powerful storm on Wednesday in the Pacific Northwest. With an atmospheric river bringing 10 inches of rain to Washington and Oregon, that storm left a trail of damage – killing one person and causing a highway to shut down after a landslide.