Emergency journey solely in northeast Montana (video)

GREAT FALLS — Blowing mud is turning into a significant challenge once more on the Hi-Line as winds gust to 60–70+ mph, particularly from Phillips County eastward.

Visibility has dropped to very low to close zero at instances, and there have already been a number of crashes east of Glasgow close to Nashua and Frazer. People are urged to keep away from pointless journey in these areas if doable.

This is a really harmful scenario for vacationers throughout northeast Montana. Blowing mud is inflicting near-zero visibility in lots of areas.

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Hazardous driving alongside the Hi-Line

Highway 2 from Dodson to Wolf Point is closed till additional discover, with solely emergency journey allowed in these areas.

All red- and black-shaded roads and highways are experiencing extreme driving situations due to the low visibility.

MDT

Click here to go to the MDT 511 website.

(WEDNESDAY, MAY 13) A quick-moving entrance rolled by north-central Montana on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. The highly effective winds gusted to greater than 80 miles per hour in some areas.

Shaylan Verploegen shared video from north of Havre, exhibiting an enormous “wall” of filth and mud in a novel climate phenomenon often known as a haboob; watch the video and see different viewer images right here:

Fast-moving entrance kicks up partitions of mud

The robust winds brought on some injury. There have been bushes blown over in Havre, Great Falls, and Helena. Part of a roof was blown off in Box Elder, and there have been a number of carports that have been destroyed in Havre. There have been additionally quite a few energy outages reported throughout the world, a few of which lasted for a number of hours.

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