Thanks Jim for clarifying your position to support the FEMA grant application. 1 - 2 inches of rain in 24 hours is considered extreme rain.

Yesterday Bellows Falls and other southern VT towns saw flash floods after 5+ inches of rain in one day, On July 17, Brattleboro and neighboring towns had dramatic and destructive flooding after 2.5 inches. This even "After Irene, the town of Manchester replaced a culvert that could better handle storm surges. On Friday, it blew out. 'I'm sure a lot of municipal officials will tell you, it's like one emergency to the next,' [Manchester town manager John O'Keefe] said." *

For reference. Irene dumped at 5-8 inches over most of Vermont, and the pre-Memorial day flood that hammered Plainfield and Central VT before that was 7+ inches in some places.

* Vermont digger articles here
https://vtdigger.org/news-brief/flash-floods-hit-brattleboro-roads-basements/
and here
https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/30/climate-whiplash-flash-floods-damage-roads-swamp-houses-in-p[...]nt/