Vermont, floods
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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.
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.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott was in Lyndonville, in the state’s Northeast Kingdom, on Wednesday to mark the anniversaries of flooding in the state.
Devastating flooding hit parts of the Northeast Kingdom Thursday for the third consecutive year in a row to the day.
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After back-to-back years of devastating flooding, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), is urging Congress to overhaul how the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters.
"Talk about how your community needs to be reshaped and how you can practically and thoughtfully make those changes over time," Douglas Farnam said. "Because we can't snap our fingers and be flood resilient.