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The federal funds could offer a rare opportunity to help build new housing outside of the most flood-prone areas.

Seven bridges over the Winooski River and its North Branch will be decorated with colorful LED lights throughout the winter.

Vermont applied for an enhanced federal match earlier this fall. And last week, President Joe Biden approved an amendment to Vermont’s disaster declaration that will deliver significant relief to towns that have filed public assistance claims.

An event in Lyndon on Sunday will celebrate the thousands of hours of volunteer labor that have gone into rebuilding flood-hit communities in the Northeast Kingdom.

Vermont's junior U.S. senator said "administrative bloat and bureaucratic inefficiency" at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are consuming resources that would otherwise go to disaster survivors.

Only a small minority of households and businesses in Vermont have flood insurance, paying between a few hundred to thousands of dollars a year to cover damage to buildings and their contents. Some policy holders who have received payouts have found it worthwhile, but increasing costs in a state with an already-high cost-of-living may leave the program out of reach for those who need it most.

Bureaucracy at the federal level is negatively impacting Vermont municipalities damaged by the 2023 floods.

The same federal bureaucracy that hampered flood recovery for individuals after last summer's floods is plunging small, rural towns into crippling debt.