What’s the deal with Montana flooding

I thought everything out west was in a severe drought.


https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/vc762d/river_flooding_in_montana/

Rain and snowmelt.

It is, Northwest not so much. They had alot of snow runoff before the rains

Southwest drought - yes. Northwest drought - no

I'm in Washington state.....please stop raining! You're putting my jobs behind. Exterior paint,concrete etc....
Probably ok since hvac,fireplace,garage door,window,showers doors,flooring etc supply issues. More minor now than before. Can't wait to be 3rd world problems.

I wonder if this impacted the Dutton Ranch ?

Hope it doesn't expose the train station.

Putin's fault.

Transitory flooding.

Snow melts at a given rate most of the time that the Yellowstone river can handle. This year we had more snow then normal.

When it rains up here most of the time it's what you texans would call a hard sprinkle. This year we had a really good snow fall the rain that went through was like a cow on a flat rock that melted the snow. the two combine create more water then the yellowstone could handle, in a very short period. This country is about all rock in that area so no where for the extra water to go.

no it's global warming fault we just don't get the extra snow or water because of global warming.

Yep

Can we finish the keystone pipeline and pump this water to Texas?

Where did all that water wind up?

The Missouri River, and eventually the Mississippi River.

just a guess , too much rain ?


MO

They needed to pump it into Lake Mead.