University of Vermont - Water Resource Institute

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Main Street Disaster and Resilience Toolkit

Get the tools to plan for, prepare for, and recover from natural disasters in your community.

With a nice summary of grant sources and useful links from the Resource section at the end. 

Vermont's Flo

The Resilience Initiative for Vermont Empowerment and Recovery (RIVER) is a project dedicated to developing locally supported ideas for reducing flood damage. RIVER is focusing on several municipalities hit hard in 2023. Community discussions for this project are being led by the respective regional planning commissions in concert with the affected towns and other groups.

Tropical Storm Debby loiters along the Carolinas, bringing days of heavy rain and flooding – a climate scientist explains why

Published: August 7, 2024 8:35am EDT

Why does Vermont keep flooding? It's complicated, but experts warn it could become the norm

Vermont Public | By Patrick Whittle and Michael Casey, Associated Press

Published July 31, 2024 at 10:16 PM EDT

After a flood there is a lot of work to do.  

• Don't Do it Twice! Flood Damage Resistant Materials Sheet

Documenting the loss for insurance. 
Requesting help at 211 and from community recovery efforts. 
Mucking out and making emergency repairs for safety.

Permanent repairs need to be safe from future damage.
Here's a quick guide to flood safe construction materials: 

Flood Recovery Workshop Series

As a result of widespread flooding across northern and central Vermont on July 10, 2024, many structures have been damaged by flooding in many Vermont communities.  

 Video recording about River Forecast Data with John Goff 

John Goff, Senior Service Hydrologist with NOAA/NWS in Burlington introduces some of the tools available to understand the river forecasts.  These forecasts integrate precipitation models, ground conditions (topography, soil saturation, snowpack), and stream flow data, to make short-term predictions of river stage and flood conditions.  These forecasts can be helpful for emergency response.