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Vermont Faces Flash Flooding on July 10 for Third Straight Year
Times News Global
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July 11, 2025
LYNDONVILLE, Vt. — Heavy thunderstorms on July 10 caused flash flooding across parts of Vermont, particularly in the Northeast Kingdom and Addison County. This marks the third consecutive year that the state has faced significant flooding on this...
UVM researchers study past floods to improve future outcomes after natural disasters
NBC5 - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
After back-to-back summers of intense flooding in Vermont, local leaders, researchers and volunteers have taken steps to be better prepared the next time an extreme weather event hits the Northeast. On the anniversary of the floods in July 2023...
Vermonters observe anniversary of back-to-back flooding
WCAX - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Many Vermonters are keeping a wary eye on the weather this Thursday as the state observes back-to-back anniversaries of devastating flooding in 2023 and 2024. WCAX News is examining the flooding phenomenon, the progress...
Wildlife tunnels save millions of amphibians
Earth.com
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A new long-term study in Monkton, Vermont, reveals that wildlife tunnels significantly reduce amphibian road mortality during seasonal migrations. Frogs and salamanders often cross roads to reach breeding ponds each spring, but many are killed by...
Vermont updates its Climate Action Plan
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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MONTPELIER — After two years of historic floods and a radically changed political landscape, Vermont’s plan for a changing climate has received its first update. The Climate Action Plan, adopted four years ago, was updated July 1. “The plan itself...
Vermont to see scattered thunderstorms throughout Thursday
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
Slow-moving showers and scattered thunderstorms that began Thursday morning are expected to continue throughout the afternoon and evening, which could lead to flooding in low lying areas in the state. Some parts of the state may see no...
Flooding hits Vermont on anniversary of two previous July floods
NECN - Massachusetts
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Parts of Vermont experienced serious flooding issues on Thursday, on the anniversary of the previous two July floods that devastated the state. Unlike the last two years, which caused widespread damage, this week's flooding was more localized....
Peter Macia: The federal government has abdicated its role as our Vermont’s partner
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 11, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
Climate change brings changes to VT farming
The Charlotte News - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
Vermont’s farmers are growing crops that better suit the state’s warmer and wetter climate and branching into products that provide income even when traditional crops fail. Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2...
Summer reading by Vermonters: A guide from fiction to nature guides
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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This article recommends recently published books by Vermont authors for summer reading. The books span various genres, including fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, children's literature, and poetry. Many of the books are set in Vermont or draw...
Snow Farm Vineyard is the oldest winery in Vermont
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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Looking to celebrate summer by enjoying a drink outdoors? Luckily, Vermont plenty of scenic places immersed in nature or down by the water to enjoy a craft beverage, including breweries, rooftop bars and for the wine lovers, vineyards. But which...
Burlington's Walsh wins Vermont Amateur
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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MANCHESTER — Burlington Country Club's Michael Walsh had been knocking on the door of a Vermont Amateur golf championship for multiple years. This year, he was determined to kick that door in. Walsh did just that. The Burlington golfer captured...
‘It’s unfathomable.’ Flooding strikes portions of Vermont on July 10 for third consecutive year.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Up to 5 inches of rain inundated parts of Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom over just one to two hours Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, prompting flash flooding and causing heavy damage in certain areas. Roughly 20...
Flash flood damage comes into focus in Northeast Kingdom, Addison County
Vermont Public Radio
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July 11, 2025
Updated at 3:24 p.m. Communities in the Northeast Kingdom and Addison County are working to recover from storm damage Thursday evening. Several rounds of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms dropped 3 to 5 inches of rain that washed out roads,...
As tick populations rise in Vermont, health officials urge precautions
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 11, 2025
A blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, which is a carrier of Lyme disease. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP Invasive plants, new housing development and climate change are boosting tick...
Vermont's historic floods: Looking back on the floods of July 2023 and 2024
NBC5 - Vermont
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July 9, 2025
into the weekend, a warming trend will begin. Hotter conditions will peak on Sunday ahead of a weak cold front, which will bring conditions a little closer to normal after rounds of showers and storms. Then a return to climatological afternoon pop...
Recent Vermont flooding cited in state Climate Action Plan
WCAX - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - This week marks the anniversaries of devastating flooding that swamped Vermont in July of 2023 and 2024. It comes as Vermont is in the midst of updating its Climate Action Plan, which includes the back-to-back flooding as...
Localized flooding in Vermont prompts water rescues on the anniversary of the last two July floods
NBC5 - Vermont
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July 11, 2025
On the anniversary of the last two July floods, a few communities in Vermont experienced another round of damaging flash flooding. Unlike the last two years, this year's flooding was much more isolated. Slow-moving thunderstorms dropped over five...
Flash flooding hits towns in Vermont for the 3rd year in a row
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
A bridge on Route 114 in East Haven washed out in the early evening of Thursday, July 10. Photo courtesy of Anna Cronin Updated at 12:06 a.m. Severe thunderstorms on Thursday caused flash flooding across parts of Vermont, particularly in the...
FEMA frustrations continue over Vermont disaster response
WCAX - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
PEACHAM, Vt. (WCAX) - Peacham was one of many communities hard hit by flooding last year. Residents were there for each other to help out in the disaster, and one year later, the message remains the same. Driving through Peacham, you wouldn’t...