Scenes From A Vermont Flood, In Photos And Video

The Lamoille River blasting through Fairfax Falls
near Cambridge, Vermont on December 19

 It's odd to see a serious flood in Vermont in the early winter. 

This  year, though, it happened.  Weather geek that I am, I documented it with photos and video. 

Photos are first, and below those are two videos. One shows the Winooski river in various spots between Richmond and Winooski. The other shows the Lamoille River between Cambridge and Milton. 

Severe flooding in Vermont is obviously unwanted. Especially during the Christmas season. 

I don't want to say anything positive about the disaster. Except that, since we had to endure it, there was an almost stark, terrible beauty about it. 

The landscape was on the edge of winter. But there was water everywhere. The sounds and odor of rushing, flooding river water is what we expect during the spring thaw, or after extreme summer storms, or while an errant late summer or early autumn tropical storm passes through Vermont. 

Somber December colors lit up with glimpses of sun
and blue skies during this week's flooding. This
is at submerged North Williston Road between
Essex and Williston, Vermont. 

This time, it hit while Vermont should have been freezing up and whitening up with snow.  

The flood hit just a few days before the winter solstice, the darkest time of year. 

The flood went on to make things even darker. Even as glimpses of sun and snow flurries mixed in with the images of high water. 

It was a strange disaster, but I guess in the age of climate change, we now have to expect more and more weather weirdness. 

Only a boat would have gone the speed limit of 35
mph on North Williston Road during the December 18-19 flood.

 

The Winooski River blasts past buildings in Winooski,
Vermont, as seen from the Chase Mill in Burlington on
December 19, 2023   

The Lamoille River comes perilously close to a house
in Fairfax, Vermont during snow showers on Dec 19, 2023.    

The Lamoille River blocking access to the "Wrong Way Bridge"
area of Route 15 in Cambridge, Vermont while damaging
properties on December 19 2023.     

TWO VIDEOS

First video shows flooding along the Winooski River at various locations between Richmond and Williston, Vermont. Click on this link to view the video, or if you see the image below:

The second video also shows serious flooding, this time along the Lamoille River between Cambridge and Milton, Vermont. Again click on this link to view, or if you see the image below, click on that: