Sunday afternoon, rivers started to rise across the state, with ice jams causing some to jump their banks.
Local officials are monitoring the first ice jam of the season along the Mad River after rising water levels were reported ...
It basically becomes a dam, and water can flood behind it very, very quickly,” said Maureen Hastings, a lead meteorologist at the NWS. “So it's very chaotic and very hard to predict.” ...
The combination of mild temperatures and midweek wet weather could spell trouble for waterways in Vermont and the North Country in the coming days as the threat for ice jam flooding persists.
The Mad River jumped its banks in Waitsfield on Sunday after ice buildup jammed the flow.
The Waitsfield gallery presents a short film about Greenland, a video installation visualizing mountains and photos of diversity on the ski slopes.