summer flooding News

Vermont Health Dept. Urges Swimming Hole Safety

The Vermont Health Department is urging swimmers to take precautions when swimming in a river or stream. The advice comes after multiple suspected drownings in Vermont rivers over the last several days that were at least partly attributed to the …

Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods

Midwestern farmers who saw their land swamped by summer flooding may be socked again with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums, the expensive result of the failure to fix broken levees before the winter snow and next spring’s rains. …