Lake Champlain is approaching 103 feet, a record flood for the "5th Great Lake" The flood waters have spilled over the shoreline and inundated homes and business along both sides of the lake in Vermont and New York as well as northward along the Richelieu River into southern Quebec. Numerous communities including Plattsburgh, Burlington and St Jean are under states of emergency. A flood warning remains posted for the lake - with a brief break today under sunny skies and light winds, but it remains in serious flood stage. The flood waters are not expected to recede significantly anytime soon with a heavy snow pack still in the mountains and fast flowing streams and rivers moving large quantities of water into the lake. To compound the situation, heavy rain and thunderstorms have been occurring on a regular basis for the last two weeks with nearly 100mm in some locations. More rain is forecast this week.
St Albans Bay, Vermont (WCAX News) Top photo is from CTV NewsSeveral roads are closed around the shoreline of the lake as well as ferry service being interrupted on the Essex to Charlotte Vermont route. So far the efforts of department of transportation workers to keep the Burlington-Port Kent route as well as the Grand Isle-Plattsburgh route open have been successful. This is being monitored on a day to day basis.
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