Lisa Edson Neveu last week in her house in Montpelier, Vt., that was damaged by the 2023 flood. What has been traumatic and just beyond anything I can even explain is how awful the last year has been.” Since last July’s flooding that left the capital city of Montpelier under waist-high water, it’s been “a battle with insurance companies, the …
PORTLAND, Maine — Just days before the Christmas holiday, people across the northeastern U.S. were mopping up Tuesday after a major storm dumped torrential rains and brought damaging winds from Pennsylvania to Maine, as some rivers in the region rose even higher. “It’s been a good day so far,” she said Tuesday, noting this time she just got a couple …
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A beloved bookstore in Vermont’s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. “But I think now we’ve been a little disabused of the notion that Vermont is safe from climate change.” A woman, wearing a protective …
How the US is fighting back against deadly floods Getty Images Montpelier was among several cities in Vermont hit by flooding in July 2023. Research shows better urban planning can help reduce impacts from flooding From floodplain restoration to master-planned communities, Vermont and other US states are testing how best to protect people from extreme floods A black and red …
