Intense Connecticut Flood Captured In Store Surveillance Camera

An intense flash flood struck western Connecticut back on August 18.

Screen grab from security video showing a flash
flood destroying the interior of a 
Seymour, Connecticut shop in August.

Up to ten inches of rain fell in just a few hours that day, causing two deaths and extreme damage from intense flash flooding. 

That type of disaster was unfortunately all to common this past summer in the Northeast and southeastern Canada, as we in Vermont know all too well.

A video, which you will see below, is just one graphic example of how flash floods are so sudden and extremely dangerous.  No wonder they're so deadly. 

The video is clips of security footage taken inside The Yankee Quilter, a popular craft, quilt and sewing machine shop in Seymour, Connecticut. 

The footage shows water already in the store. But then the intense flood overwhelms the doors and walls of the store, sending a surge into the retail space, destroying everything in seconds. At one point, the surge of water into the store creates a debris-filled whirlpool on the sales floor. 

Luckily, nobody was in the shop at the time. If people were there, they could have easily been severely injured or killed. 

The destruction in Connecticut store was similar - and just as scary - as video of floodwater invading a Ludlow, Vermont restaurant during the extreme floods of July, 2023.

The two people who died in this Connecticut flood were two women caught when their cars were suddenly overwhelmed. 

Video: To see the CCTV footage of the flooding at The Yankee Quilter in Connecticut, click on this link to view, or if you see the image below, click on that.