Retreating Flood Water Allows Survey of Damage in Montana

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Subsiding water is enabling authorities to better review surge harm that jumped out at homes in the Missoula region in western Montana.

May 22, 2018, at 11:33 a.m.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Receding water is enabling authorities to better overview surge harm that struck homes in the Missoula zone in western Montana.

Notwithstanding, authorities caution that high water along the Clark Fork River proceeds and the peril of extra flooding isn't finished yet.

Missoula County hunt and save groups were planned to start reviewing harm to overflowed homes on Tuesday.

Interim, Jess Jordan of the Army Corps of Engineers says groups have shored up a levee close Missoula that was harmed by disintegration. Jordan says the circumstance never again represents a risk to the general population despite the fact that work will proceed for the following week to additionally balance out the levee.

The levee ensures homes and different utilities, including pipelines and electrical cables.

Missoula is around 110 miles (177 kilometers) west of Helena.

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