Tornado touches down in Carter County

A tornado briefly touched down overnight in Carter County damaging several buildings but harming no people or animals, according to the National Weather Service in Billings. Just before 12:45 a.m. a tornado formed about 4 miles northeast of Ridgeway. The twister was about 50 yards wide and was on the ground for nearly 200 yards.…

Wild storm along Montana-Dakota border produced up to 5 tornadoes, destroyed 1 home

As many as five tornadoes may have been produced by a violent Thursday night storm that swept through southeastern Montana and northwestern South Dakota. The National Weather Service in Billings and the National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota, both released preliminary damage survey reports Friday. A tornado originating in Montana that crossed into…

Baker’s tornado damage still being assessed

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — While cleanup continues in the aftermath of a tornado that hit the town of Baker, state officials say it’s still too early to put a price tag on the damage. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1ZVboe2 ) that the Sunday tornado in east-central Montana destroyed nine homes and damaged more than 50.…