\n\tVermont and Northern New York are experiencing severe flooding as continuing rounds of heavy rain hit the Northeast.\u00a0Due to repeated rain events, our soil is saturated and unable to absorb more rainwater. When rainwater has nowhere to go, it ponds on the ground and runs downhill quickly,\u00a0overwhelming waterways. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThis excess river water becomes a powerful erosive force with the potential to cause serious destruction to homes and infrastructure in flood-prone areas. With more rain in the forecast this week, be prepared for more flooding and stay informed on how to keep our families, friends, homes, and infrastructure safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThe National Weather Service uses terms to describe levels of flood risk and flooding so residents can respond appropriately. These terms are:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tFlood Watch: Be Prepared!<\/em><\/strong> Issued when conditions are favorable for flooding. It does not mean flooding will definitely occur, but it is possible. \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFlood Advisory: Be Aware!<\/em><\/strong> Issued when flooding is not expected to be severe enough to issue a flood warning, but it may cause significant inconvenience if caution is not exercised.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFlood Warning: Take Action!<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Issued when a flood event is imminent or occurring.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFlash Flood Warning: Take Action!<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Issued when a flash flood is imminent or occurring. If you are in a flood-prone area move immediately to higher ground. A flash flood is sudden and can take minutes to hours to develop. It can also occur where it is not directly raining. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n \n\tSign up for Emergency Alerts in your language from your state to receive real time emergency information, recommendations and instruction relevant to your area from emergency personnel.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tVT-Alert: Sign Up\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tNY-Alert: Sign Up\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tRoad closures due to flooding:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tVermont\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tNew York\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFlooding and weather forecasts:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tPower outages:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tShelters in your area:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Vermont and Northern New York are experiencing severe flooding as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1211,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/1211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\tVT and NY Emergency Management flood safety tips<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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