In Killington, there is no way in and no way out. Route 4 boths way is missing chunks of road deeming them impassable and Route 100 north of the Route 4 intersection has also washed away. Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay said she is coordinating volunteers to help people stranded. When I asked her what's going to happen in case of an emergency, the phone went silent. "I don't know," she said.
Downtown Brandon is no longer under water but Route 7, which runs through the middle of town, remains closed and could be off limits to traffic for days as engineers evaluate flood damage to it. Water from the Neshobe River, which normally flows under the road, spilled over its banks late Sunday, crossing a park before entering the road where it followed the course of Route 7 for about a quarter-mile before turning off, Brandon officials said. The flow was so wide, deep and strong that a business on Main Street, Gearwar's Brandon House of Pizza, was knocked off its foundation a few feet onto the sidewalk. "This is probably the biggest infrastructural loss we've had in a long time," town Select Board Chairman Richard Baker said Sunday night during an emergency meeting with the town public works director, fire chief and police chief. "The last time the Neshobe flooded this bad was 1938 when the Long Island Express (tropical storm) came through."
Brandon on Sunday:
Killington Route 4 at the intersection of River Road:
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