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 ...
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.
Before focusing on the state’s continuing flood recovery, Republican Governor Phil Scott talked about his hopes for the ...
Following two years in a row of significant flooding in Vermont, the Colchester Planning Commission talked floodplain maps and stormwater management on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
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.
The July 2024 flooding was more destructive downstream while the December 2023 flooding resulted in higher flow because it involved snow and rain, said one scientist.
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 ...
Vermont recovery projects were paused in August when FEMA restricted disaster assistance to response and urgent recovery ...
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 ...
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 ...