MARSHFIELD: The remains of Hurricane Beryl caused damage flood In Vermont Thursday, a year after catastrophic floods inundated parts of the state.
Vermont roads were flooded, washed away or covered in debris after heavy rains hit the state starting Wednesday. Rescue operations were reported Wednesday night and some communities were under evacuation orders.
Areas in central Vermont, hard hit by flooding last July, suffered the most damage, with roads and homes reportedly flooded in the town of Barre.
Beryl, which made landfall in Texas on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, was a post-tropical cyclone that brought tornadoes and flooding from the Great Lakes to northern New England after leaving millions of people in the Houston area without power.
Parts of upstate New York and New England, including Vermont, remained under flood watches or warnings early Thursday. Thunderstorms associated with Beryl were forecast across much of the East Coast through Friday, National Weather Service said.
In Vermont, the weather service said Wednesday that the storm “will not resemble the catastrophic flooding of last July, but will still present real dangers from flash flooding.”
In a Wednesday evening update, Emergency Management in Vermont He said there had been an unspecified number of evacuations and road closures due to the flooding, mainly in the central part of the state.
“Vermont residents and visitors are encouraged to seek higher ground if flood waters approach,” the statement said.
Rescue teams and the National Guard were ready, the agency said.
At least one tornado touched down Wednesday afternoon in upstate New York, the weather service reported. It damaged trees and property in communities south of Buffalo, it said. Erie County Executive Director Mark Poloncarz. No injuries were reported.
A tornado touched down Tuesday night in Posey County in southwestern Indiana, causing a large portion of a warehouse to collapse, roofs torn off, train cars to derail and mobile homes to be damaged. No injuries were reported.
Beryl is responsible for at least seven deaths in the United States — one in Louisiana and six in Texas — and at least 11 in the Caribbean. More than 1.3 million homes and businesses in Texas were still without power Thursday morning, down from a peak of more than 2.7 million Monday, according to PowerOutage.us.
Vermont roads were flooded, washed away or covered in debris after heavy rains hit the state starting Wednesday. Rescue operations were reported Wednesday night and some communities were under evacuation orders.
Areas in central Vermont, hard hit by flooding last July, suffered the most damage, with roads and homes reportedly flooded in the town of Barre.
Beryl, which made landfall in Texas on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, was a post-tropical cyclone that brought tornadoes and flooding from the Great Lakes to northern New England after leaving millions of people in the Houston area without power.
Parts of upstate New York and New England, including Vermont, remained under flood watches or warnings early Thursday. Thunderstorms associated with Beryl were forecast across much of the East Coast through Friday, National Weather Service said.
In Vermont, the weather service said Wednesday that the storm “will not resemble the catastrophic flooding of last July, but will still present real dangers from flash flooding.”
In a Wednesday evening update, Emergency Management in Vermont He said there had been an unspecified number of evacuations and road closures due to the flooding, mainly in the central part of the state.
“Vermont residents and visitors are encouraged to seek higher ground if flood waters approach,” the statement said.
Rescue teams and the National Guard were ready, the agency said.
At least one tornado touched down Wednesday afternoon in upstate New York, the weather service reported. It damaged trees and property in communities south of Buffalo, it said. Erie County Executive Director Mark Poloncarz. No injuries were reported.
A tornado touched down Tuesday night in Posey County in southwestern Indiana, causing a large portion of a warehouse to collapse, roofs torn off, train cars to derail and mobile homes to be damaged. No injuries were reported.
Beryl is responsible for at least seven deaths in the United States — one in Louisiana and six in Texas — and at least 11 in the Caribbean. More than 1.3 million homes and businesses in Texas were still without power Thursday morning, down from a peak of more than 2.7 million Monday, according to PowerOutage.us.
