The date: November 3, 1927. Two storm systems collided over the Green Mountain state, dumping torrential rains and setting off massive flooding. The result: Vermont’s worst natural disaster.

Tonight, using rarely seen footage, Chronicle recreates the days that tore many Vermont towns apart. Show Resources:

“The Troubled Roar of the Waters”
by Deborah Pickman Clifford and Nicholas R. Clifford
University of New Hampshire Press
UNH Press

“The 1927 Flood in Vermont and New England, Nov. 3-7, 1927”
by W.E. Minsinger, M.D.
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Blue Hill

“Remembering Hell and High Water” Audio CD
Exile Media
Vermont Book of Days