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His in-laws own a ranch along the Bitterroot River and still live there.

While the help came quickly, it did not look good for the horse that was nearly fully submerged in a swampy, water-filled area near the Little Bitterroot River.

KULR8 reports residents of Lolo south of Missoula were seeking sandbags as the Bitterroot River rose.

Warnings are also in effect for the Bitterroot River in southwestern Montana, the Yaak River in the northwest, the Blackfoot River near Lincoln and Tenmile Creek near Helena.

County officials are warning that flooding could eventually threaten between 800 and 1,300 homes from eastern Missoula near Rattlesnake Creek to where the Clark Fork meets the Bitterroot River west of the city.