Recordbreaking storm shuts down region

Monday and Tuesday's regional record-breaking snowfall for October brought down trees and power poles all over Havre and as far east as Malta, resulting in widespread power outages, countywide road closures and emergency services inundated with hundreds of calls, officials say.

Thirteen inches of snow fell in Havre from Monday through Tuesday at its recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, National Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Nutter said this morning. The previous record, 12.6 inches, had been set and held since 1898.

Weather Service said Tuesday it had reports of from...