Vermont Severe Flooding Situation Report #1
- Emergency Manager's Weekly Report
- Jul 11, 2023
- 2 min read
Highlights:
· The National Weather Service (NWS) has extended a Flood Warning for the Lamoille River at Jeffersonville. Major flooding is forecasted to continue:
o Saturated soil and elevated river levels from recent rainfall and river flooding will persist into Tuesday.
o The NWS Burlington Field Office has published the final rainfall totals from this historic two-day rainstorm. The greatest storm total was 9.2 inches with many areas receiving 6-9 inches along and just east of the Green Mountains.
· There is the possibility of at least one fatality.
· Vermont has opened at least 18 shelters with 179 occupants as of this morning.
· A total of 1,138 customers are without power.
· There are between 25 to 30 roads closed Statewide.
· Amtrak has suspended service between New York City and Burlington.
· The Ludlow Wastewater Plant is currently underwater. The plant’s staff had to be rescued.
· Search and Rescue Operations:
o At least 11 search and rescue teams have been deployed.
o Two type three Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Forces were deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the State’s request.
o One USAR Incident Support Team was deployed to support the USAR task forces.
· State Operations:
o The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was relocated to Barre, VT on July 10th and resumed operations today.
o The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) has been activated to support the response operations. A EMAC A-Team has been activated to support mission requests from Vermont.
· Federal Operations:
o The FEMA Region 1 Response Coordination Center is partially activated.
o A FEMA Liaison Officer has been deployed to the State EOC.
o The Region 1 Incident Management Assistance Team has been deployed to Waterbury, VT.
o A Mobile Emergency Response System has been deployed.
o A Federal Emergency Declaration was approved on July 10th. It will provide Public Assistance grants for 14 counties.
Sources:
· FEMA Daily Operations Briefing, July 11th
· FEMA Region 1 Twitter Page
· NWS Burlington Twitter Page
· Vermont Emergency Management Twitter Page
· National Emergency Management Association Twitter Page
Resources
National Weather Service, Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Vermont Power Outage Resource
Vermont Language Justice Project, Flood Safety Tips Videos
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