Additional rainfall forecasted for the weekend is not expected to help with the efforts to clear the damage across parts of Vermont.
. First responders and organizations from across New England have entered the Green Mountain State to provide assistance.
Vermont remains under a state of emergency on Wednesday as federal and state officials work to assess the damage. Additional rainfall forecasted for the weekend is not expected to help with the efforts to clear the damage. Eric Dubowik, deputy fire chief in Bedford, New Hampshire, was one of six firefighters sent Monday to Berlin, Vermont, as part of a Swift Water Rescue Team.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
"Our first call at 2 o'clock was a car that got stuck in a river. It was a washed-out road," he explained."The river swelled, and it was stuck, and with a person trapped inside." Dubowik, by way of a virtual interview, told NBC10 Boston that crews from all over were in the area assisting with rescues and evacuations."When the sun started to come up, we could really notice the damage," he said."We went to one of the surrounding towns, which is Barre, Vermont, and the water was so deep that a lot of places we couldn’t even travel.
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