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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Suman Naishadham,Brittany Peterson and Camille Fassett

When flooding rains mean untreated sewage and drinking water

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Now a coming rainstorm can stir panic.

“We could lose everything again,” said Brendan McNamara, Ludlow’s municipal manager.

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