Update: Tornado tears through downtown Billings

BILLINGS — A tornado that ripped the roof off a sports arena in Billings, Sunday evening also tore apart a casino, bar and laundromat in the city's downtown area.

The tornado also picked up the roof from an auto glass shop, then dumped it into a nearby creek. Nothing but the walls of the shop could be seen standing.

The tornado struck Sunday at about 5 p.m. as a big storm system with golf ball-sized hail passed through the area, Trooper Toman Baukema of the Montana Highway Patrol said.

After running through downtown's Main Street, the twister moved toward the 10,000-seat Rimrock Auto Aren...