Flash flooding hits towns in Vermont
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While yesterday’s floods were much smaller in scale than in previous years, the date’s symbolic nature brought painful memories and underlined the new regularity of flooding in Vermont.
This year's flash floods were confined to the northeastern part of the state. They were far less catastrophic than those of the previous two years.
The concurrent flood events provided clear evidence of the vulnerabilities in these rural communities and how more needs to be done to shore up homes and communities in low-lying areas across the state.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott was in Lyndonville, in the state’s Northeast Kingdom, on Wednesday to mark the anniversaries of flooding in the state.
Barre, Vt., experienced flash flooding on July 10 after heavy rain slammed the central part of the state with some areas receiving up to 6 inches of rainfall. (Video: Pearl Street Pizza via Storyful)
Parts of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom see up to 5 inches of rainfall in 3 hours, long-time residents reflect on three back-to-back summers of flooding on July 10
Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont described the flooding as “historic and catastrophic” and said on Tuesday that thousands of residents had lost their homes, businesses and more.
Residents are still reckoning with the damage inflicted by seven federally declared major disasters over the past two years.
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