“īy 1:30 PM, a steady stream of water was rushing past the state’s iconic capitol building. Those photos make me realize this is likely the end of Minikin. This was my lifelong dream shop, I finally decided to go for it and opened during COVID. She couldn’t pass the floodwaters to see her business, but she asked a journalist to take some pictures and send them back to her.“Seeing the photos is just awful, really,” she said later. She said business has been slow for months and this could be the final days for her shop. It didn’t even cross my mind to do that, but thankfully I dragged my kids down and we raised everything up two feet.” “I didn’t take the warnings seriously at first. But somehow I’m not overly worried, because what can I do?” Tackett said. Kelly Tackett, who owns the Minikin children’s store on State Street, said she allowed her catastrophic insurance policy to lapse last month because business has been so slow.“What can I do? It’s wild. "Being able to canoe on the streets we grew up on? It’s sort of an amazing feeling but then you see all the stores underwater and all the damaged goods."Īcross the small city, fire alarms screeched as shop owners tried to access their properties and mourned the destruction.
"We are witnessing a powerful act of nature," Young said. The flooding struck at the height of Vermont’s summer tourist season, and many locals worried it would pile yet another challenge upon already struggling local businesses.īeauregard and Gavin Young, 18, have been housesitting and realized that without gas, they wouldn’t be able to get anywhere once the waters recede. These Vermont floodwaters were no different.
In places, the smell of paint thinner and garbage hung heavy in the air.įloodwaters typically contain a toxic stew of chemicals pulled from inundated buildings, from gasoline and paint to sewage and household cleaners. "It was just 'whoa.' It becomes real when you see it," said Alaina Beauregard, 19, who paddled a green canoe across downtown Montpelier on Tuesday just before noon, looking for gas. National Guard helicopters were also conducting evacuations in remote areas that water rescue teams weren't able to access and many were still deployed Tuesday night.įor those who made it to safety, once the waters began to recede, what was left was worry, and concern over what the waters had taken, and what would be left behind. There were no reports of injuries or deaths. Authorities said they had carried out more than 175 rescues by Tuesday night, including dozens from flooded buildings, homes, and cars. Residents grabbed pets and scrambled to higher ground. "We are not out of the woods," he said at a news conference. Phil Scott warned residents that waters were still rising early Tuesday. President Joe Biden declared an emergency in the state. Police, fire, and public works crews moved to a water treatment plant in a nearby town because of heavy flooding at the police department's basement, at city hall, and at the fire department. The onslaught – up to 9 inches of rain in parts of Vermont – knocked out radio towers used to dispatch emergency vehicles.
MONTPELIER, Vt. − Stunned and soaked, residents paddled through the main streets of the capital city of Vermont Tuesday after torrents of rain lashed the Northeast, causing deadly and catastrophic flooding that has already resulted in tens of millions of dollars of damage throughout the state. Watch Video: Vermont hit with severe flooding, evacuations following heavy rainfall
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