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How to stay safe in Vermont's flash floods

By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published July 10, 2023 at 12:01 PM EDT

An overhead photograph of brown water covering roadways, grass from a rushing river — This photograph provided by Rick McDonough shows flooding in Londonderry at the intersections of Routes 11 and 100 around 8:30 a.m. Monday, July 10.

For the latest updates on the flooding, follow Vermont Public's live blog.

Heavy rain storms across Vermont are expected to drop 2 to 5 inches of rain throughout the day and into the evening, and perhaps beyond. Gov. Phil Scott has declared a state of emergency. A weather expert answers questions on what you need to know about the flash flooding happening around the state, and we hear from a state representative from one of the hardest-hit areas.

Our guests:

Marlon Verasamy, observing program leader, National Weather Service in Burlington
Rep. Kelly Pajala, Windham-Windsor-Bennington
Peter Hirschfeld, Vermont Public reporter
Nina Keck, Vermont Public reporter

Broadcast at noon Monday, July 10, 2023.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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