Dam near Montpelier close to spilling over, Vermont police say

Flooding continued in Montpelier, Vermont, on Tuesday, July 11, raising concerns that the Wrightsville Dam could reach capacity and start releasing water into its spillway for the first time. The rising waters were one foot away from the spillway at 11:30 am on Tuesday, the Montpelier Police Department said. “Every additional foot of water that goes over the spillway doubles the amount of water entering the city from the dam,” they said. A travel ban was still in place for Montpelier’s downtown as water levels were taking longer than expected to go down, the Montpelier PD said. Credit: John Mayfield, Owner of Julio’s Cantina via Storyful