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"More rain led to flash floods in the Upper Valley.A thunderstorm brought 2 inches of rain to Lebanon in just one hour, sending rocks and water across Slayton Hill Road and making it impassable.On the WPTZ App? Click here to see the slideshow.The road washed out, sending debris and rocks toward an electric station. A transformer exploded while NewsChannel 5 crews were on the scene, prompting police to push onlookers back.On the WPTZ App? Click here to see the video.Firefighters said Slayton Hill Road from Dulac Street to Old Kings Highway is completely impassable. They added no one should drive through flooded roads.Seven families were evacuated Monday at the Rivermere Community Housing complex, said Andrew Winter of Twin Pines Housing Trust. One side of the complex flooded. A ribbon cutting was hosted at the building last week.Ten families were evacuated Tuesday from the complex when water rose about 4 feet high, Winter said.Winter said there is significant problems with water and electricity in the immediate area, which could take some time to get people back into the complex. He estimates there is hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.The families and staff were evacuated by the Lebanon Swift Rescue Team.The Red Cross set up a shelter at Lebanon High School, but closed it at 11 p.m. as no one had indicated they would be staying there overnight. Some of the families from the Rivermere complex were being put up in local hotels.Other roads were flooded or washed out.Heater Road by Route 120 was impassable from more than a foot of water.A culvert failed on Route 4 in Lebanon, sending part of the road into the woods.According to VTrans, Route 106 in Weathersfield was closed due to high water from Route 131 to Ascutney Notch Road as of 10 p.m. Route 44A was also closed in Windsor between State Park Cole Hill roads."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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