This Saturday, Nov. 23, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be closing the last two of its Disaster Recovery Centers in Vermont. Plus, Vermonters working on repairs to homes and businesses impacted by flooding both this past summer and in 2023 can still take advantage of a slew of rebates and incentive programs offered by Efficiency Vermont. 

The deadline for to apply for federal flood-recovery assistance to help with the impacts from this summer’s floods is Nov. 25 and the local long-term recovery group CReW has multiple updates and reminders to share with the community. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has closed its Waterbury Disaster Recovery Center permanently. The deadline to apply for individual assistance has been extended to Nov. 25. Applications for SBA loans however need to be filed by Oct. 21.

Waterbury’s long-term flood recovery group CReW will hold a special meeting Wednesday, Sept. 25, for home and building owners to share their flood-proofing ideas and stories. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced changes in operations and hours at six Disaster Recovery Centers across Vermont starting this week, including at the center in the Waterbury Armory.

More than a month after the July 9-11 storm caused major flooding damage across wide swaths of Vermont, the White House has declared the event a major disaster, opening the door to Vermont residents and municipalities to receive federal assistance including unemployment benefits. 

The latest update from The CReW long-term recovery group for Bolton, Duxbury, Middlesex, Moretown and Waterbury explains how now six weeks since the July 10 disaster, work will shift to longer-term recovery and rebuilding efforts. Volunteers are still needed for new tasks that don't involve mud.

Meteorologists and Vermont emergency management officials are watching the weather forecasts carefully and advise Vermonters to the same as the storm remnants of Hurricane Debby that hit Florida and the southeastern U.S. this week head to New England this weekend.

The governor has formally requested federal disaster aid for Vermont after the July floods; links here for volunteering to help those affected, reporting storm damage, an info session on energy-efficient rebuilding and plans for a flood-relief block party.

More storms are headed to Vermont today and the National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a flood watch for much of the state including Washington County from noon through tonight.  Other updates include a call for volunteers for the NEK and an Elm St. block party planned for Aug. 10.

Ahead of the July 29 Waterbury Select Board meeting to discuss potential projects that could be funded through federal grants, we share a collection of aerial photos captured on the morning of July 11 by photographer Gordon Miller.

Envisioned before this month’s latest round of flooding and storm damage, the Waterbury Select Board on Monday has scheduled a special meeting to brainstorm flood mitigation project ideas. 

Flood recovery work continues in Waterbury and surrounding towns with organizers deploying volunteers for shifts through the weekend. Also: New information here about rental assistance.

For the third time in a year, Waterbury’s municipal building is ground zero for flood response and recovery activities with the community effort to clean up after last week’s severe storm and flooding in full swing. Meanwhile, town officials are tallying up damage to local roads on a scale far beyond both of the 2023 floods combined.

July 10, 2024 turned out to be an eerie replay of July 10, 2023. Check out photos from before, during and after the storm by Roundabout photographer Gordon Miller and our readers.

After assessing storm damage, the Duxbury Selectboard called an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon to report on conditions across town and provide updates on initial efforts to repair roadways and culverts.

For those who managed to get some sleep, Vermonters woke up to yet another flooding disaster today. The number of roads with washouts and closures is staggering. We are collecting information from a variety of sources and will update this post throughout the day.

Community leaders and volunteers working on flood recovery for the past year prepared to mark the anniversary of the July 10, 2023 flood this week just as warnings of an approaching storm with heavy rains and threats of flooding demanded attention and vigilance headed into today and Thursday. 

In August 2012, a year after Tropical Storm Irene devastated many parts of Vermont including Waterbury,  a group of community members in collaboration with Revitalizing Waterbury organized an art exhibition entitled “After Irene: A Floodgates Art Project.”

If you live in a floodplain or a flood-prone spot, you may have heard about the possibility of elevating your home to minimize future flood damage. A workshop in Waterbury on April 11 will cover this very topic.

Over plates of locally made appetizers and the rock tunes of a band on a small stage in the Waterbury American Legion, about 75 community members greeted each other on a recent Saturday night to recount stories of mucking out flooded basements and tossing out damaged furniture.

State officials announced today that Vermont Emergency Management Director Eric Forand has submitted a request for a Preliminary Damage Assessment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to determine if Vermont qualifies for a federal major disaster declaration following flooding on Dec. 18-19.

Monday, Dec. 18, was the fourth consecutive Monday that brought stormy weather. This would be one for the record books, however, as intense rain combined with snowmelt resulted in the second major flooding event to hit Central Vermont and Waterbury this year. This photo gallery by Gordon Miller with a few additions is best viewed on a tablet or computer screen.

The Waterbury Select Board held its third meeting of the week on Thursday to check in with flood response efforts by town staff and volunteers before the holiday weekend.

As floodwaters rose throughout the day on Monday, Waterbury’s downtown businesses put out calls to their friends, patrons and supporters to help brace their establishments for the inevitable.

Waterbury street cleaners went to work Tuesday morning under clearing skies as water in the Winooski River and other local brooks and streams receded. Meanwhile, residents and business owners began what has become a familiar task of assessing the impact of the latest flooding event to hit Central Vermont. 

Students and teachers at Moretown Elementary School will finish out the week together – but they won’t be using their school until after the holiday break. 

As water in the Winooski River and other local brooks and streams recede this morning, local residents will be assessing the impact of the latest flooding event on Monday in Waterbury and throughout Central Vermont. Morning updated information is here.