Federal help is headed to Vermont amid historic flooding in the Green Mountain State, after President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration.
Montpelier officials warn of potential for unprecedented damage
Montpelier has requested water rescue assets to be moved into the area, and was also moving its dispatch center to the Water Treatment Plant.“For us, this is far worse than Irene. We got water but it went up and down. There were some basements flooded but it didn’t last long,” Fraser said, comparing this flooding to the Montpelier Ice Jams in 1992. “We are completely inundated. The water is way, way higher than it ever got during Irene.
Swift water rescue teams in Vermont have done more than 50 rescues, mainly in the southern and central areas of the state, Vermont Emergency Management said Monday night. “The river was at our doorstep,” said Pajala. “We threw some dry clothes and our cats into the car and drove to higher ground.”Dozens of roads are closed across the state as a result of the flooding.Among the buildings flooded Monday was the Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vermont, which had been performing “Buddy -- The Buddy Holly Story” to sold-out audiences.
Cara Philbin, 37, of Ludlow, Vermont, was awakened by a neighbor early Monday and told to clear out of her second-floor apartment because the parking lot was already flooded.
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