Communities in rural parts of Vermont on Friday woke up once again to damaged homes and washed-out roads due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, making it the third consecutive summer that severe floods have inundated parts of the state.
Up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell in just a few hours on Thursday, prompting rapid flooding as local waterways began to swell, said Robert Haynes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Burlington office.
Nearly 20 homes were cut off in the small town of Sutton as a local brook quickly rose from its banks and surrounded buildings, Fire Chief Kyle Seymour said. His crews were called out to help rescue people from two homes, which required help from swift-water rescue teams called in from neighboring communities.
Wow, we did have some crazy rain here last night, but it was gone within an hour or so. No damage or anything, counting myself lucky this time. I might have to consider picking up sand bags or something, we live next to a dry creek bed and stories like this are starting to make me nervous.
Flash floods are becoming more prevalent and common.
I really hope the people of this community are safe and those that can rise up to shut down the goverments subsidize weather machines in their area and towns.
I … umm … choose to take your comment as a sarcastic hit against thise who believe filth vs truth.
That is my choice and I will stick with it to the end of me … because the opposite is death.
Wait till I tell you about all the mobile weather machines that are heavily subsidized by the government as well.
We see them on roads and driveways all the time. Wake up sheep!