Their Vermont homes were inundated by extreme flooding. A year later, they still struggle to recover

(10 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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ARCHIVE: Bridgewater, Vermont — 10 July 2023
1. Flooded yard and cars

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ARCHIVE: Hardwick, Vermont —17 July 2023
2. Swollen Lamoille River
3. Various drone shots of flood-destroyed Inn by the River

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Montpelier, Vermont — 3 July 2024
++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 5-7++
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lisa Edson Neveu, Montpelier Resident:
“The water was high. It was rushing off the back hillside. It was dark, it was stormy. All of this was awful but that isn’t the part that’s been really traumatic. That part everybody was amazing, neighbors helped neighbors, the community helped each other. The National Guard was incredible. What has been traumatic and just beyond anything I can even explain is how awful the last year has been. It’s been the battle of the insurance companies, and the adjusters, and the city and the state, and FEMA and the federal government and nothing is in line with anything else.”

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ARCHIVE: Hardwick, Vermont – 17 July 2023
5. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Sen. Peter Welch and U.S. Rep. Becca Balint inspecting damage at the Inn by the River that was partially destroyed by severe floods in Vermont

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Montpelier, Vermont — 3 July 2024
6. Lisa’s Photo on her computer of the July 10, 2023, flooding outside her home
7. Photo on her computer of the July 10, 2023, flooding of her porch.
++FULLY COVERED BY SHOT 9++
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Edson Neveu, Montpelier Resident
“It doesn’t do any good to rebuild the places if in another five years we’re going to flood again. We need to do this intelligently and we can’t do that individually. We have to do that as a community.”

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ARCHIVE: Reading, Vermont – 11 July 2023
9. Various of emergency repairs on a road and riverbank destroyed by severe floods

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ARCHIVE: Berlin, VERMONT – 17 JULY 2023
++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 9++
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary:
“Every few weeks we see a new flood, storm, heatwave, drought.We don’t have time to get caught up in political and ideological debates about this. It is upon us now and we need to respond now.”

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Montpelier, Vermont — 3 July 2024
11. EXTERIOR of Ed Haggett’s flood-damaged home
++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 11++
12: SOUNDBITE: (English) Ed Haggett, Montpelier Resident:
“And the water came down so hard, it blew a hole, because of the skylight, blew a hole into the ceiling and homeowners could have covered it but they made it so difficult, you know, because they don’t want to, they really didn’t want to fix it."

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ARCHIVE: Montpelier, Vermont – 12 July 2023
13. Various of people cleaning up bookstore after flood

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Montpelier, Vermont — 3 July 2024
++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS 13 AND 15++
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Montpelier Mayor Jack McCullough:
"In a lot of ways Montpelier is still, still showing the scars, it’s showing the damage from the flood. It’s not over for some people who are here. On the other hand, we also have come back a lot. If you go downtown you’ll notice most of our buildings and businesses are reopened and most of the people are back in their houses and we are moving forward but it’s still going to take more time.”
15. Various of downtown Montpelier
STORYLINE:
VOICEOVER: When the rains began in Vermont last summer, residents had no idea the devastation that was ahead.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Lisa Edson Neveu, Montpelier Resident:

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