a man is standing in a flooded street near a store.
Residents of an apartment block peer out onto a flooded Main Street in Montpelier on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

VTDigger reporters and photographers captured scenes in the flooded capital on Tuesday, as many waited anxiously for news of whether floodwaters would recede, or whether Wrightsville Dam would pass its capacity and send more water into the city.

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an aerial view of a town in a forest.
Montpelier on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by StoryWorkz for VTDigger
a group of people standing on a bridge over a flooded street.
two people in a canoe on a flooded street.
a man is standing in a flooded street near a store.
two people standing on a bridge with their bicycles.
a flooded door with a sign in front of it.
a sign in the middle of a flooded street.
two people sitting on a bench in a flooded building.
a view of a flooded street with a building in the background.
two people standing on a railing next to a flooded street.
two people in kayaks paddling down a flooded street.
a group of people standing on a boat in a flooded street.
a car is stranded in a flooded street.
A crew from Colchester Technical Rescue takes a boat down flooded Main Street in Montpelier on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
a group of people walking down a flooded street.
a person on a kayak in a flooded street.
the top of a parking meter is visible in a flooded area in front of a building.
a man standing on a flooded board.
two people standing waist-deep in a flooded street.
a man in a kayak on a flooded street.
a city street is flooded during a rain storm.
a city street is flooded with tables and chairs.
a brick building in the middle of a flooded street.
a flooded street with buildings and a clock tower.
two people standing in a flooded street.
a man in a kayak on a flooded street.
a flooded street with tables and chairs.
an aerial view of a flooded town in north carolina.
a goose swims in a flooded street.
A goose swims along a flooded Main Street in Montpelier on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

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