Floods Strike Vermont Again

Floods strike Vermont again

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - After back-to-back years of devastating flooding, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), is urging Congress to overhaul how the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters.  Flooding in 2023 and 2024 caused more than $1 billion in damage across all 14 counties in Vermont. "We had back-to-back floods in 2023 and 2024, doing about $1 billion worth of damage," Welch said. The Vermont Democrat has introduced the Disaster Assi…

Federal cuts threatens Vermont’s disaster preparations

VERMONT — The familiar anxieties surrounding Vermont’s summer storms are more intense this year with policy discussions in Washington, D.C., and recent federal funding cuts casting uncertainty over the future of disaster relief programs that have helped Vermont in the past. This week marks the anniversary of the July 2023 and July 2024 floods that brought record rains to Vermont and devastated communities across the state. Many Addison County to…