Cool nights helping reduce danger in much of region

Flooding has crept into this part of north-central Montana in a year of record snowstorms, with National Weather Service issuing a flood advisory for Chouteau County through 4 this afternoon, but officials in Hill and Blaine counties saying no major issues from flooding have arisen so far.

The Weather Service advisory says that Disaster and Emergency Services continues to report minor flooding with water over some rural roadways, making some impassable. That includes Promise Land Road, Antelope Lake Road, Brady Road and Clear Lake Road, the advisory says, noting that other roads also could be...