Vermont is flooding and experts say the state could see catastrophic events for the foreseeable future.
Zac Drown, of Lyndon Electric Company, clears debris amid flood damage in Lyndon, 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.Now, these towns are the epicenter of a flooding conundrum that state and federal officials are scrambling to resolve.
With climate change, storms are forming in a warmer atmosphere, making extreme rainfall a more frequent reality. The additional warming that scientists predict is coming will onlyA warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, which results in storms dumping more precipitation that can have deadly or destructive results. For every 1 degree Celsius that the atmosphere warms, it holds approximately 7% more moisture.
“This essentially gives storms more fuel, so that when you have the right conditions for an extreme precipitation event like the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, it creates a larger storm relative to what we would have experienced without climate change,” he said.Vermont has more than 7,000 miles of rivers amid rural roads that wind past sweeping vistas and treasured ski resorts.
The state’s soil also has been more frequently saturated, which creates more possibility of flooding, Banacos said. Infrastructure such as roads, bridges, culverts and wastewater facilities are especially vulnerable, Moore said.
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