Mad River Valley sees ‘catastrophic’ damages after July ’24 flood [Video]

Towns in the Mad River Valley were hit in July’s flood, exactly one year after the July 2023 flood.The area also experienced a flood in December 2023, and on Thursday, many residents said they couldn’t believe another one had come so soon.Route 100 at the intersection with Ward Hill in Duxbury had washed out with a collapse, just south of Harwood Union High School.Residents and road crews jumped into action overnight when the worst of the flooding hit, continuing to work all day on Thursday.”I got a couple of hours of sleep, and I’ve been in an excavator ever since,” said Evan Theurer, owner and operator of Theurer Landworks and Hauling.Theurer is also a member of the Waitsfield-Fayston volunteer fire department, and helped put up road closures Wednesday night.”Everybody went home, went to sleep, and it rained even harder then, and things just went catastrophic,” Theurer said.On Thursday, the community …