July 2024 Flooding

BURLINGTON, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the Weather Channel to discuss the impact of flooding and natural disasters on infrastructure, including Vermont’s continued work to rebuild after devastating floods in July 2023 and 2024. Senator Welch also emphasized his work to secure federal…

Sen. Peter Welch tours flood devastation on Red Village Road on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 (Photos by Paul Hayes) LYNDON — Federal officials this week promised to fix the broken Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid process. Touring flood-damaged east Lyndon on Monday, Sen.…

On Tuesday, work crews resumed the damage recovery effort in Barnet Village. (Photo by Robert Blechl) BARNET VILLAGE — On Tuesday, as part of his flood damage tour to Vermont communities ravaged by last week’s rains, U.S. Peter Welch, D-VT, visited Barnet Village, where he…

“I can’t believe we’re here again,” the senator told city officials as he stood on a muddy sidewalk along Second Street, which was devastated by flooding last year and flooded again this week. U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, third from right, visits a flood-damaged neighborhood…