US faces deadly floods in north-east and longer heatwaves in south and west

Week of dangerous weather to continue across the US, as July warnings about the climate crisis intensify

Flash flood warnings were still in place in parts of Vermont on Tuesday morning, as the state capital Montpelier's downtown was under water and officials fear a local dam could fail for the first time since it was built, threatening further inundation.

There were hopes that waters that have flooded several other towns in the state, which is not typically a hotspot for severe flooding, would start to recede, according to local news reports, while warnings about the Wrightsville Dam on a large reservoir in Washington county, were issued.