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Two men dig out an SUV stuck in the mud along Hudson Avenue after remnants of Hurricane Beryl caused flooding and destruction, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Plainfield.
Charles Krupa / Associated Press
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Rick Gordon, of Plainfield, looks at what remains of Mill Street and an apartment building after remnants of Hurricane Beryl caused flooding and destruction, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Plainfield.
Charles Krupa / Associated Press
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Walker Blackwell, right, cleans up the damage to his home after remnants of Hurricane Beryl caused flooding and destruction, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Plainfield.
Charles Krupa / Associated Press
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A loader dumps dirt along a washed out portion of Mill Street after remnants of Hurricane Beryl caused flooding and destruction, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Plainfield.
Charles Krupa / Associated Press
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A resident, with muddy feet, stands in his damaged home following flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Plainfield.
Dmitry Belyakov / Associated Press
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Waters from a swollen Lamoille River were creeping onto Route 15 in Cambridge near the Gates Farm covered bridge around 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Abagael Giles / Vermont Public
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Two kayakers head into the flooded farm fields in Burlington to survey the damage on the evening of Thursday, July 11.
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Floodwaters pool outside Mountain View Auto Sales and Service in Lyndonville around 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Kyle Ambusk / Vermont Public
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Jody Tanner, of the Vermont Transportation Agency, talks with co-workers at a high water point of the Lamoille River along Route 15 after remnants of Hurricane Beryl caused flooding, Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Cambridge. At rear is the Gates Farm Covered Bridge.
Charles Krupa / Associated Press
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The Winooski River at Essex Junction Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 4:05 p.m.
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A road crew assesses a washout on a bridge crossing the Dowsville Brook on Route 100B in Moretown around 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Kyle Ambusk / Vermont Public
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Alex Peterson crosses a stream near Texas Hill Road in Hinesburg where culvert and driveway used to be around 11 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Leanne Klyza Linck / Vermont Public
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Library St. in Johnson at 11:32 a.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Waters are slowly creeping up the rear library parking lot from the Lamoille River.
Joey Palumbo / Vermont Public
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For a third time in a year, the Winooski River jumped its banks and has flooded the Volunteers Green in Richmond, as seen here from Bridge Street on Thursday morning.
Elodie Reed / Vermont Public
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A washed out road in Plainfield Thursday morning, July 11, 2024.
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Greensboro Bend Thursday morning, July 11, 2024 around 9:30 a.m.
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Route 100 in Waterbury, just past the roundabout, is covered in flood water on July 11, 2024 around 8:30 a.m.
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Water covers Route 12 between Worcester and Montpelier on Thursday morning, July 11, 2024.
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Intersection of Dewy Hill Road and Wood Road in Stowe on July 11, 2024.
John Connors / Courtesy
Key resources:
- For road closure information, visit newengland511.org or @511VT on Twitter.
- For mental health support, call 9-8-8.
- You can sign up for alerts from the state at vtalert.gov.
- The latest forecasts and water levels for specific rivers are provided by the National Water Prediction Service.
- Find flood safety information in multiple languages at vem.vermont.gov/preparedness/floods.
- Find power outage information at vtoutages.org.
- Find flood-prone areas near you with the Vermont Flood Ready Atlas.
- To find more resources and services, and to report flood damage, call Vermont 2-1-1 or visit vermont211.org.
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In the days after the flood, reporter Erica Heilman talked with Heartbreak Hotel residents who lost their homes. They sat on porches, in houses where they were camped out, and in Erica’s car. This is their story. -
On Monday, the U.S. Postal Service announced the immediate "soft opening" of a new post office in Montpelier's City Center building. The announcement caught many city officials and residents by surprise. -
About 20 Vermont rescue personnel are searching for survivors in the Asheville area of North Carolina, which experienced catastrophic flooding and damage. -
Vermont's junior U.S. senator said "administrative bloat and bureaucratic inefficiency" at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are consuming resources that would otherwise go to disaster survivors. -
Only a small minority of households and businesses in Vermont have flood insurance, paying between a few hundred to thousands of dollars a year to cover damage to buildings and their contents. Some policy holders who have received payouts have found it worthwhile, but increasing costs in a state with an already-high cost-of-living may leave the program out of reach for those who need it most. -
This is the third declaration of FEMA assistance for Vermonters affected by storms this summer. -
The same federal bureaucracy that hampered flood recovery for individuals after last summer's floods is plunging small, rural towns into crippling debt. -
It's been 14 months since Montpelier has had a fully functional post office following last summer's flooding. -
A new report from the state auditor found deficiencies in implementation of the State Hazard Management Plan, which lists dangers and mitigation measures the state might take to prevent them. -
The survey also says roughly 3,500 acres of farmland was damaged. A new state fund will help farmers with some of the recovery. And, the weather over the next four to six weeks could help salvage some crops.
