New Hampshire will send swift boat rescue crews and Black Hawk helicopters to assist with the response to the flooding in Vermont, Gov. President Joe Biden spoke with Scott and other officials about the flooding, the White House said Tuesday, adding it is coordinating with state and local officials and monitoring the flood impacts. “There are life-threatening isolations that we are trying to identify and rescue,” Morrison added. “In many areas, the water conditions remain too dangerous for rescue by boat,” state public safety commissioner Jennifer Morrison said Tuesday. The flooding forced evacuations and more than 100 rescues in the state, Urban Search and Rescue manager Mike Cannon told CNN.
Vermont remains under a state of emergency, with water in downtown Montpelier running from knee to waist deep Tuesday, stranding residents in their homes and shutting down roads and businesses. We’ve had like 48 hours of steady rain,” he said, adding more rain is expected in the coming days. “Irene had about a 12-hour duration of rain, and then it was over” the governor said. Kris Craig/USA Today NetworkĪ 'perfect storm' of ingredients are combining to create deadly flooding and record heat Monday afternoon downpours flood portions of Douglas Ave in front of the North Providence Marketplace forcing a temporary closing of the section of road on July 10, 2023, in North Providence, Rhode Island. That’s more than any other day on record, including when Irene dropped 5.27 inches of rain on the state capital on August 28, 2011. The city was hammered by a record-setting 5.28 inches of rainfall Monday, the National Weather Service in Burlington said. The city’s downtown area remains flooded and is not safe for public travel, they added. The city and surrounding communities saw “record-breaking flooding” in two days, Montpelier officials said Tuesday afternoon. A boil water notice remains in place for the city, after officials warned the “extreme flooding” could contaminate the drinking water supply. In downtown Montpelier, authorities issued a travel ban that lasted through Tuesday afternoon. The current flooding claimed thousands of homes and businesses, Scott added. Irene hit the United States as a hurricane in August 2011 and left entire communities submerged, killing more than 40 people in several Eastern states. Phil Scott told reporters Tuesday.įloodwaters in some areas “surpassed levels seen during Tropical Storm Irene,” the governor said. “Make no mistake, the devastation and flooding we’re experiencing across Vermont is historic and catastrophic,” Gov. Intense rainstorms that inundated the Northeast turned streets into rivers, forced evacuations and prompted officials in Vermont’s capital, Montpelier, to close the downtown area.
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