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BARRE, Vt. - Torrential rains pelted central Vermont on Wednesday, triggering flash flooding that washed out roads and inundated the city of Barre, where water ran up to 6 feet deep for a time.
Between 3 and 4 inches fell in the area Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, which estimated it based on radar but had no precise rain gauge readings. The deluge caused rivers, streams and storm sewers to overflow, sending water coursing down streets, into basements and up around cars.
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Street flooding was reported in Hardwick, Woodbury, Randolph and Bethel. The Town of Berlin opened a shelter at the Berlin Town School, and two mobile home parks were evacuated, according to Mark Bosma, a spokesman for Vermont Emergency Management.
In Williamstown, up to 75 people were moved to the Williamstown High School by authorities fearing a dam breach.
But the worst of it was in Barre, where the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River overflowed its banks, forcing the closing of portions of Route 302.
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Lorna Garland, 41, was among a dozen members of a women’s group meeting at the Salvation Army store on North Main Street. She said they decided at one point it was unsafe to leave the building, which was surrounded by water. They began praying, and the water receded about 20 minutes later.

Go god! All the war and famine… those ladies must have said something right.