Vermont is flooding and experts say the state could see catastrophic events for the foreseeable future
An all-terrain vehicle drives along a damaged roadway after flooding in Lyndonville, Vt., Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Climate change is fueling stronger, more persistent storms and the state's infrastructure lags along the Green Mountains' riverside villages with steep faces and rolling hills that carry a huge amount of water.
A combination of factors leaves Vermont susceptible to these kinds of devastating floods. Here's a look at a few, along with photos and video from the latest storms. A study last year in the journal Climate Change found that extreme precipitation in the Northeast will increase 52% by the end of the century. One of the study’s authors, Jonathan Winter, an associate professor of geography at Dartmouth College, also took part in research that found there had been a 50% increase in extreme precipitation events from 1996 to 2014.
Vermont has more than 7,000 miles of rivers amid rural roads that wind past sweeping vistas and treasured ski resorts. Its residents are scattered down dirt roads that run miles into the wilderness, many with streams flowing through their property to bigger rivers. Big mountains give way to deep valleys with rivers and streams throughout.
The state’s soil also has been more frequently saturated, which creates more possibility of flooding, Banacos said. The flooding is “a reflection of having reached our limits of being able to truly manage rivers and hold them in place,” Moore said.
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