Deeper snowpack heightens flood fear

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/98854466-1bb3-4943-a366-f4e33c386073/51A5A3FA-7BC7-4C6B-A8F5-368322DF18C9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/04/02/deeper_snowpack_heightens_flood_fear/" href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/04/02/deeper_snowpack_heightens_flood_fear/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boston.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/04/02/deeper_snowpack_heightens_flood_fear/"><H1>Deeper snowpack heightens flood fear</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/04/02/deeper_snowpack_heightens_flood_fear/"><P>COLCHESTER, Vt.  - It's early April, and the snow in the mountains of Vermont holds the equivalent of 15 inches of rain.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/04/02/deeper_snowpack_heightens_flood_fear/"><P>Emergency planners in Vermont  - and in New Hampshire Maine, where the mountains hold similar snowpacks  - know that in the next few weeks the snow is going to melt, filling rivers and streams to the tops of their banks. If heavy rains start soaking the snow, the region could experience significant spring flooding, specialists warn.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/04/02/deeper_snowpack_heightens_flood_fear/"><P>There is a flood watch in effect through this afternoon for much of Vermont, but the ice is out on most rivers and streams, and ideal melting conditions are forecast for the next several days: daytime temperatures just above freezing and nighttime temperatures below freezing.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/04/02/deeper_snowpack_heightens_flood_fear/"><P>Officials from the National Weather Service and Vermont Emergency Management are urging people to be vigilant.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/51A5A3FA-7BC7-4C6B-A8F5-368322DF18C9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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