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Rainfall subsided Wednesday night after major storms caused extensive damage in Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties.

Neighbors say the Brook Road residents who’ve been displaced due to Tuesday's floods are all older people, many in declining health.

“This is an event that we’ve never had before to this degree, so we’re venturing down a road that we haven’t been on, and it’s not a good road to be on,� said Lyndonville Fire Chief Jeff Corrow.

St. Johnsbury received a record 8 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service.

Up to 8 inches of rain fell in the Northeast Kingdom Tuesday, causing flash flooding in the early morning hours.

State officials are standing up four recovery offices in Barre, Plainfield, Lyndonville and Hinesburg.

Last July, floods closed the 93-mile Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. The trail was damaged by flooding again this year, but more than 81 miles of it is open this summer for bike riders, hikers, horseback riders and others.

A Greensboro family will not lose their 300-acre farm, and a 66-year-old woman will get back her house after the village of Orleans seized it. Both cases are tied to tax sales � a process municipalities can use to collect unpaid taxes, but that can also lead to people losing their homes.

Last Wednesday night, South Peacham Brook became a raging river and jumped course, sending water streaming down Governor Mattocks Road. John Mackenzie and his family escaped just before their home got cut off.

Vermont State Police Sgt. Joshua Mikkola and trooper Richard Berlandy, who are both assigned to the Derby barracks, shot Brendan Sackal, 30, multiple times Sunday night after Sackal led multiple law enforcement agencies on a pursuit through northern New Hampshire and Vermont. Sackal opened fire on the troopers first, according to Vermont State Police.