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One year after devastating December flooding, Vermont residents remain on guard [Video]
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One year after devastating December flooding, Vermont residents remain on guard [Video]

TODAY MARKS A YEAR SINCE THE DECEMBER 18-TH STORM THAT CREATED DEVASTATING FLOODING AROUND THE NORTHEAST. THE STORM HIT MAINE. COVERED ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. KNOCKING OUT POWER FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. IN NORTHERN NEW YORK… STATES OF EMERGENCY WERE DECLARED ACROSS FRANKLIN AND ESSEX COUNTIES. THE TOWN OF JAY HAD RESIDENTS EVACUATING. PARTS OF VERMONT WERE HIT HARD AS WELL. THIS WEATHER EVENT CAME JUST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE MAJOR FLOODING OF JULY 20-23. THAT’S NOT THE KIND OF WEATHER NEW ENGLANDERS ARE USED TO JUST A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. BUT NOW IT’S NOW A MONTH THAT KEEPS SOME VERMONTERS ON HIGH ALERT. YUNIER MARTINEZ IS LIVE IN WATERBURY. WHERE HE SPOKE WITH A COMMUNITY… STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF LAST YEAR’S DISASTER EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO DECEMBER FLOODS TURNED LIFE UPSIDE DOWN FOR MANY VERMONTERS I SPOKE WITH ONE MAN WHOSE STORY CAPTURES THE RESILIENCE AND WORRY SHARED BY SO MANY 13;07;08;06 – 13;07;11;09 FOR SKIP FLANDERS IT’S BEEN A YEAR OF HARD WORK AND HARDER MEMORIES 13;08;18;29 – 13;08;25;27 Skip Flanders, Waterbury FLANDERS HAS CALLED THIS PLACE HOME FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES 13;08;40;10 – 13;08;43;28 BUT LAST DECEMBER THE FLOODS LEFT HIM AND HIS NEIGHBORS IN SHOCK AS SO MANY WERE RECOVERING FROM THE JULY 2023 FLOODS another round in DECEMBER DISASTER PUSHED neighbors on these TIGHT-KNIT STREETS TO THEIR BREAKING POINT 13;06;34;08 – 13;06;42;15 1 YEAR LATER… RECOVERY HAS BEEN SLOW BUT STEADY FOR RESIDENTS OF RANDALL AND ELM STREET 13;10;28;25 – 13;10;46;20 AND WHILE THE WORK CONTINUES… SO DOES THE FEAR OF POTENTIAL FLOODING BECOMING MORE FREQUENT 13;10;28;25 – 13;10;46;20 FOR SKIP AND MANY OTHERS THERE’S RELIEF THAT LAST WEEK’S FLOOD THREAT DIDN’T OCCUR BUT THE WORRY REMAINS ESPECIALLY DURING MONTHS LIKE DECEMBER AND JU

Louisiana resident has severe case of bird flu [Video]
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Louisiana resident has severe case of bird flu [Video]

IM SHAWANDA JONES, WDSU NEWS. HAPPENING NOW. THE FIRST SEVERE BIRD FLU CASE IN THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED RIGHT HERE IN LOUISIANA. ALTHOUGH THE CASE IS SERIOUS, WDSU REPORTER BRITTANY VERNER SPOKE WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TODAY, AND THEY SAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALARMED BUT NOT CONCERNED. BRITTANY. YEAH, WELL, ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, STATE OFFICIALS FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT BIRD FLU INFECTION LAST FRIDAY, BUT IT WASNT ANNOUNCED UNTIL TODAY. NOW, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HERE, BUT SO FAR, THE CDC SAID THIS IS THE FIRST HUMAN CASE IN THE U.S. LINKED TO EXPOSURE FROM A BACKYARD FLOCK OF BIRDS. WERE TOLD THERES AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE SOURCE OF THE INFECTION, BUT IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PERSON CAME IN CONTACT WITH SICK AND DEAD BIRDS IN A BACKYARD FLOCK. THEY DID NOT SHARE THE PERSONS SYMPTOMS, BUT THEY SAID THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 60 BIRD FLU INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED, MOST OF THEM IN CALIFORNIA. BUT THE PERSON WHO TESTED POSITIVE HERE IS THE FIRST SEVERE CASE. NOW, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE REMINDING ALL OF US WHAT WE CAN DO TO POTENTIALLY PREVENT IT. I MEAN, YOUD HAVE TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE BIRD IN QUESTION. I DONT KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT, BUT IF YOU ARE, THEN STILL PRACTICING SAFETY PROTOCOLS, HAND HYGIENE, MAKING SURE THAT YOURE NOT TOUCHING ANIMALS, THAT YOU ARENT, YOU KNOW, YOU DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT. NOW, THE CDC OFFICIALS SAY MOST CASES THAT WERE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY WERE MILD CASES, AND THEY WERE AMONG FARM WORKERS WHO HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO SICK ANIMALS. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE AT RISK TO CATCHING THE BIRD FLU. HOWEVER, THE GENERAL PUBLIC STILL HAS LOW RISK OF CATCHING THAT INFECTION. REPORTING LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS