many tourists and residents of the Yellowstone National Park area found themselves at ground zero of a natural disaster. Torrential rainfall in Wyoming and Montana brought widespread flooding to ...

According to the Associated Press,the flooding also caused road access to be cut off to Gardiner, Montana — a town of about 900 people, positioned outside Yellowstone's north entrance.

A flood watch was issued Thursday for all of Northwest Montana, including Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders counties. The watch begins Saturday afternoon and lasts through Monday afternoon.

At this point, only affected taxpayers who live or have a business in Carbon, Flathead, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure and Yellowstone ... back for Montana storm and flooding victims ...