Vermont ski town says it’s ‘waiting with open arms’ for the winter season after severe flooding

The debris and mud slide near the base of the road to the Okemo ski resort have long been cleared away, and open flags now hang outside shops and restaurants in a small Vermont ski town hit by severe flooding this summer. “As far as our businesses, I'd say 90% plus have reopened,” Ludlow Town Manager Brendan McNamara said. Ludlow was one of the Vermont communities hit hardest by the July flooding that not only inundated businesses and homes with floodwaters but heavily damaged the town post office and wastewater treatment plant.