Jan Wesner Childs
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A 63-year-old man drowned in his home in Vermont Wednesday, amid heavy flooding that overtook cities and neighborhoods across the state.
The victim, Stephen Davoll, lived in Barre City, which is just south of the capital city of Montpelier. The Vermont Department of Health said in a statement via email Thursday evening that Davoll "died as a result of a drowning accident in his home."
No other details were available.
(WATCH: What Triggered The Northeast Flooding)
Up to 9 inches of rain fell on parts of Vermont Sunday and Monday, flooding homes and businesses and leaving streets covered in water, mud and debris. More than 100 people were rescued.
Cleanup Underway Across State
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott asked the White House to issue a major disaster declaration for the state as the long road to clean up begins
The National Guard is delivering bottled water and providing other assistance to hard hit areas, while volunteers with snow shovels helped clear inches of mud Wednesday in Montpelier.
“We’ve had so much enthusiasm for support for businesses downtown that most of the businesses have had to turn folks away,” volunteer organizer Peter Walke told The Associated Press.
(READ: 12 Billion-Dollar Disasters Hit The US This Year, Second Fastest Pace On Record)
Similar scenes played out in small towns like Ludlow, where all roads into and out of the city were flooded at the height of the storm.
“The only thing that’s probably gonna be salvageable is the silverware, and even then, after being in that muck for so long, you wash everything, do you really want to put that on the table? It’s pretty intense what happened,”restaurant owner Andrew Molen told the AP.
More Rain Is Forecast
The rain soaked spots across the Northeast, leading to over 300 reports of flash flooding from North Carolina to New Hampshire. Parts of Vermont saw flooding of the magnitude not seen since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 or the Great Flood of 1927.
The heavy rainfall also killed one person in New York.
More is on the way, with the potential to trigger flash flooding in Vermont, New York and other parts of the Northeast into this weekend. See the full forecast here.
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