2nd Person Has Died in Vermont Flooding From Hurricane Beryl’s Remnants, Officials Say

Plainfield of Vermont was badly hit by the flash flood last night, destroying two bridges and plenty of private houses on July 11, 2024. Dmitry Belyakov/AP Photo

PLAINFIELD, Vt.—A second person has died in Vermont in the flooding from Hurricane Beryl’s remnants, officials said Thursday.

John Rice, 73, died when he drove his vehicle through a flooded street Thursday morning in Lyndonville, police Chief Jack Harris said. The floodwaters’ current swept the vehicle off the road and into a hayfield that was submerged under 10 feet (3.05 meters) of water.