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Drone footage of extensive flooding in Montpelier, VT the morning of Tuesday, July 11 - credit: WxChasing (twitter.com)
submitted 1 year ago by ComfortablyGlum to c/main
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that the capital?

[–] failuer 3 points 1 year ago

It is. Located in the north central-ish of the state.

[–] fibojoly 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

First I hear of flooding in Montpellier... And I live like an hour drive from it. What's that? USA?
Oh right...

[–] OctarineYoda 3 points 1 year ago

That’s amazing - and just from severe rain, not even a tropical storm or nor’easter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

insufficient storm drains and/or chronic hydrology mismanagement?

[–] ComfortablyGlum 2 points 1 year ago

Well, Montpelier does desperately need its plumbing updated, but this was a state wide occurrence. We've had nearly a month of straight rain, then Sunday night into Monday night SUPER heavy downpours. The ground is so saturated and the waterways/rivers/dams so full, there was no place else for water to go.