As of Monday, August 16, 2021, Montana reports 120,325 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 473 new cases reported in the last day: 103 new cases in Cascade County, 59 new cases in Yellowstone County, 42 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 34 new cases in Flathead County, and more new cases in 33 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 2,742. Currently, 191 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 1,736 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 621,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 36,700,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the western part of Haiti on Saturday. The epicenter was about 7.5 miles northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud. Structures and homes collapsed during the quake and there have been fatalities.

Three volcanoes are erupting at the same time in Alaska. The simultaneous eruptions have been going on for more than a week but do not currently pose a threat to nearby communities or air travel. Along a remote, roughly 800-mile stretch of Alaska’s Aleutian island chain, the three volcanoes are spewing ash and steam.

A young mother was shot in the head by her child, a toddler, while on a Zoom call Wednesday. Police got a 911 call from a co-worker who was on the Zoom call with 21-year-old Shamaya Lynn. A 5-year-old boy shot and killed a 3-year-old girl early Friday morning in Minnesota. The shooting happened in a home in the town of Bena at 3:54 a.m. In another shooting, a 13-year-old student was shot and killed by another 13-year-old Friday at a middle school in Albuquerque, New Mexico.