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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
We look back on the historic flood events of 2023 and 2024 on the eve of the second anniversary of the first storm.
Devastating flooding hit parts of the Northeast Kingdom Thursday for the third consecutive year in a row to the day.
Residents are still reckoning with the damage inflicted by seven federally declared major disasters over the past two years.
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