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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.
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Flooding hits Vermont on anniversary of two previous July floodsParts of Vermont experienced serious flooding issues on Thursday, on the anniversary of the previous two July floods that devastated the state. Unlike the last two years, which caused widespread damage,
Vermont faces third straight summer of flash floods, damaging homes and roads. Climate change and steep terrain worsen impacts as residents seek solutions.
The flooding came on the exact anniversary of catastrophic flooding that hit Vermont on July 10, 2023 and again, on the same day, in 2024.
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
Following Thursday night’s flooding, locals reflect on this year’s destruction and question how the state can prevent what has become a yearly tragedy.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott was in Lyndonville, in the state’s Northeast Kingdom, on Wednesday to mark the anniversaries of flooding in the state.
We look back on the historic flood events of 2023 and 2024 on the eve of the second anniversary of the first storm.
"Permanent repairs and replacing the bridges is something that we don’t dare get started on until we have more assurance that we’re going to be refunded for it," said Plainfield's emergency manager.
Experts say while the timing of the floods may be a coincidence, the type of weather systems that fueled them is not.
Residents are still reckoning with the damage inflicted by seven federally declared major disasters over the past two years.
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