‘It helps with hope’: NEK Disaster Declaration brings some sense of relief [Video]

TONIGHT AT 6. I’M LIZ STRZEPA. AND I’M JACK THURSTON. BRIAN COLLERAN IS OFF. ANOTHER DISASTER DECLARATION FOR VERMONT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. THIS ONE FOR THE POP UP STORM THAT HAMMERED THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM IN LATE JULY. THE DECLARATION PROVIDES MONEY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CALEDONIA, ESSEX, AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. NBC5’S STEPHEN BIDDIX SPOKE WITH A FAMILY IN ST JOHNSBURY CENTER WHO HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOME OF 50 YEARS AND RESTART. HERE’S THEIR STORY. WHILE ROBERTS BROOK IN ST J CENTER MIGHT SOUND NICE QUIET AND PEACEFUL NOW AT THE END OF JULY IT ABOSULUTELY RANSACKED THIS HOUSE HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GARAGE ALMOST FALLEN INTO THE BROOK YOU CAN SEE THE SAND THATS COMPLETLEY TAKEN OVER THE GRASS LEAVING THESE RESIDENTS THAT LIVED HERE FOR 50 YEARS HAVING TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO GO. <THIS WAS MY HOUSE> DIANE BOISSEAU …