Extreme flooding has caused severe damage in Vermont. Can floodplain maps made with artificial intelligence help protect the state from future storms? Vermont Public's Mikaela Lefrak speaks to ...

Following two years in a row of significant flooding in Vermont, the Colchester Planning Commission talked floodplain maps ...

But things have changed since the event the National Weather Service dubbed the Great Vermont Flood of 2023. Close to 100 buildings in the capital, many of them businesses, were damaged.

Unlike most states, Vermont has little county-level or regional government. That makes broader approaches to flood mitigation more difficult, as towns have to effectively band together.

Vermont recovery projects were paused in August when FEMA restricted disaster assistance to response and urgent recovery ...

Whitehouse’s reference to FEMA’s map problems refers to flood insurance rate maps (AKA ... WBUR), focusing on the floods that slammed Vermont in 2023, where few of the devastated homes were ...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (WCAX) - Brattleboro officials Wednesday held a ribbon cutting for the completion of several years of works to restore the floodplain along Whetstone Brook. As the soothing sound ...

The researchers are trying to quantify, measure, document and map floodplains to support better management ... “We will get ...

Vermonters over the past few years have seen flooding and other severe weather events ravage homes and businesses, including damaging property and displacing residents. Hazardous weather ...

As climate change makes extreme weather more common, flood risk is growing all over the country. Still, not enough people ...

The state of Vermont is launching a program Friday, Nov. 1, to help Vermonters who lost their housing to recent flooding by selling them mobile homes at cost, if they meet income eligibility ...