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.

A mix of sun and clouds is expected on Sunday, with a round of slow-moving storms likely in the afternoon (especially in northern New York). Some storms may be strong to locally severe, with gusty wind. There is an isolated risk of flash flooding in the heaviest cells. See the map below for where the highest risk will be.

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.

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

Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future.

Residents are still reckoning with the damage inflicted by seven federally declared major disasters over the past two years.

For residents of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the last two years have been defined by relentless rainfall and catastrophic flooding, leaving homes and businesses underwater, roads destroyed, and communities battered.