Vermonters are working to dry out homes and businesses damaged by this week's historic flooding and keeping a wary eye on the horizon with another round of storms on the horizon
Congregation member Gayle McFarland, of Montpelier, Vt., collects sodden table cloths in the basement of Bethany Church, in downtown Montpelier, Thursday, July 13, 2023. In Vermont, communities were cleaning up Thursday from the floods that were more destructive in some places than 2011's Tropical Storm Irene.
“The loss of a Vermonter is always painful, but it is particularly so this week,” U.S. Sen. Peter Welch said in statement. Many communities have been in touch with Vermont emergency management officials, but state officials said Friday they hadn't yet heard from about two to three dozen of them. National Guard troops were sent to establish contact. The state also announced centers will open o help flood survivors recover this weekend in Barre and Ludlow, a southern Vermont ski village., with fewer than 70 people remaining.
“You walk up and down the street, and any place that wasn't hit has a sign out front — free food. Please come and get,” McNamara said. “That tells me we have one heck of a community.”It’s expected to “destroy a large share of our produce and livestock feed,” Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts said at a news conference.
“What we are doing does not even begin to capture all of the volunteers being organized through local organizations, towns and informal networks, and we encourage those local efforts as they often can address critical needs more quickly,” Kolling said.
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