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More flooding hits Vermont with washed-out roads, smashed vehicles and destroyed homes

Jul. 30, 2024 19:41 PM EDT

LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — Thunderstorms and torrential rain brought another wave of violent floods Tuesday that caved in roads, crushed vehicles, pushed homes off their foundations and led to dramatic boat rescues in northeastern Vermont, nearly three weeks after flooding from Hurricane Beryl. ...

Vermont floods raise concerns about future of state's hundreds of aging dams

Jul. 13, 2024 13:54 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The latest flooding in Vermont has added fresh urgency to concerns about the hundreds of dams in the state, a third of which are more than a century old. This week’s deluge from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl wasn’t as bad for the hundreds of dams compared to...

Their Vermont homes were inundated by extreme flooding. A year later, they still struggle to recover

Jul. 10, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Vermont, Lisa Edson Neveu and her two teenage sons still live in their flood-wracked home despite unrepaired damage that festers like an open wound: torn-out walls and floors, a missing ceiling in one room and a...