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Vermont gets respite from warnings after heavy rain and flood

(1 Aug 2024) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4509964 ASSOCIATED PRESS Island Pond, Vermont – 1 August 2024 1. Vacationer Rebecca Boucher stands on a submerged dock, in ankle-deep waters 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriel Muraca, Vermont Flood Victim: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "This is my dock in Island Pond. My ... my dock has about a foot of water on top of it. Usually, this time of year, it's at least a foot below my dock, you know. Sometimes even more." 3. Boucher casts bait on her fishing rod while standing on a submerged dock ASSOCIATED PRESS Island Pond, Vermont – 1 August 2024 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rebecca Boucher, Vacationing in Flood-hit Vermont: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "So we fish, we paddleboard, we bike. We've been having a great time. We rented it from Tuesday till Friday. And, of course, you know, when we woke up Tuesday and heard the news about all the flooding and everybody's, like, 'are you going to be able to get there?' And we did. And, you know, we've been seeing dump trucks go up and down fixing all the roads and everybody's getting their driveway regraded. And you guys seem like you have wonderful spirit up here." ASSOCIATED PRESS Morgan, Vermont – 1 August 2024 5. Road crews fixing infrastructure destroyed by floods 6. Various of a home whose underground concrete foundation has been exposed by flood waters ASSOCIATED PRESS Island Pond, Vermont – 1 August 2024 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriel Muraca, Vermont Flood Victim: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "We never experienced water like we had over the last few days here. Last night was actually a break, but Monday night was unbelievable. You know, it just just rained and thunder and lightning the entire night. And we ... we ended up with, you know, seven inches of rain in six hours and everything was just awash. Yeah. Roads, 105 washed out. We were essentially an island. We couldn't couldn't get in and in or out without, you know, risking going through heavy water." ASSOCIATED PRESS Morgan, Vermont – 1 August 2024 8. Wide of a home affected by floods STORYLINE: Vermont residents and visitors back to fishing and repairing damage from flash floods, taking advantage of a quieter weather forecast with no flood warnings following another round of destructive storms. This is as a U.S. senator from the state pushed Congress to pass a disaster aid package that would help communities across the country. There were downpours Wednesday night in parts of Vermont and New Hampshire. The National Weather Service says St. Johnsbury, Vermont, which got more than 8 inches of rain on Tuesday, saw less than an inch of rain Wednesday. In Washington, Democratic U.S. Sen. Peter Welch is asking Congress to pass a supplemental disaster aid package. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...