Natural Disasters

BURLINGTON, VT – The Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), today announced the delivery of over $33.2 million in new federal funding, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support flood recovery and resiliency in Vermont.  This funding includes more than $27.6 million to support the buyout…

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced the delivery of over $7.84 million in new federal funding, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to help Vermont rebuild and recover infrastructure damaged by statewide severe flooding, landslides, and mudslides from 2017 to 2024.   This funding includes $3,321,337 to Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) to repair and replace culverts…

Welch, Balint, and State and Community Leaders Heard from Flood-Impacted Vermonters in Barre, Vermont BARRE – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), Vermont State Senators Anne Watson and Andrew Perchlik, alongside the Climate Action Campaign (CAC) and its Vermont partners, at the Old…

Bill would reverse the Trump Administration’s reckless decision to terminate database which has recorded cost of natural disasters over $1 billion since 1980  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, introduced…

NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid funding cuts by the Trump administration. A resident inspects damage to his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., in September…