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Heavy rain was falling on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Addison County, Vermont. In only a few hours, the river covered the road and was going down to the homes. The land was destroyed and the flash floods were followed by 4 inches of rain, as the National Weather Service reported.
In only a couple of hours the soil turned into mud that started to leak into the city. Still, no injuries have been reported so far. East Middlebury residents were evacuated from their homes on Wednesday as a precaution.
60 campers and 30 staff members from the Silver Towers Camp in Ripton were also evacuated by the officials. Brandbury State Park followed the same conditions as the flood continued to be a warning for the residents.
The roads were also closed in towns of Goshen, Ripton, Leicester and Hancook, in Addison County. Until now, no damage has been announced even if the closed roads weren’t told to be reopened.
Vermont’s congressional delegation asked the Bush administration to declare Addison County a disaster area. A mudslide took place at about 5:30 p.m. and downed trees in Bath, N.H. on state highway 112. This thing caused the roads to be closed, even if no injuries were reported.
Another problem may be the one that the earth may move in forms of mud and rock slides, slumps and landslides. Reports of flooding started at 9 a.m. and the East Middlebury River came out of its banks.
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