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With multiple Western Massachusetts communities declaring states of emergency after recent heavy rain and flooding, a statewide effort is underway to address the situation.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey was in Western Massachusetts today to tour communities impacted by heavy rain and flooding.

The rainfall throughout New York has broken records at some of the gauges across the state that measure precipitation.

The Winooski River at Montpelier is expected to reach major flood category overnight.

Cleanup efforts are under way after heavy rains caused damaging floods in large parts of the Northeast on Sunday.

For Berkshire County’s smaller communities, handling the heavy rain and flooding inundating the region poses an outsized challenge.

Intense rain Sunday led to road closures, power outages and emergency responses throughout the WAMC listening area.

The Clinton County, New York Health Department is advising people with private wells in areas that flooded over the weekend to make sure the water is safe.

A new strategy is being deployed this winter to mitigate ice jam flooding on the Mohawk River.Schenectady’s historic Stockade district along the Mohawk…