Historic rainfall in Vermont threatens to overwhelm dam near Montpelier, governor says

A storm lasting approximately 48 hours dumped four times more rain in the state of Vermont than Hurricane Irene in 2011, said Governor Phil Scott on Tuesday.

The storm raised the threat of water from a reservoir spilling over a dam protecting the state's capital city of Montpelier and worsening flooded areas.

Early on Tuesday morning, the Wrightsville Dam, which forms a reservoir north of Montpelier, had 6 feet (1.8 m) of storage capacity remaining, the city's manager said on social media.

Vermont officials are calling the flooding the worst since Hurricane Irene reached the state as a tropical storm in 2011 and caused about $750 million in damages and seven deaths in Vermont.

Several rivers in the region were expected to crest well above their flood stage on Tuesday. In central Vermont's Johnson, the Lamoille River was at 21 feet (six meters), some 5 feet (1.5 meters) about its normal flood stage, the National Weather Service said.

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