Good evening, I'm Jeff Bennett, and I'm Amna Navas on the news hour tonight, flood

waters in and date Vermont in the latest example of extreme weather made worse by climate

change.

NATO leaders kick off a multi-nation summit with Ukraine seeking a path to join the

expanding alliance, and sales of non-alcoholic beverages are on the rise as more Americans

try to cut back on drinking.

Any bar now worth their salt is giving attention, menu, real estate, and I would say honor to

cocktails that do not have alcoholic content.

Welcome to the news hour.

We begin tonight with two major stories here at home and abroad.

In Europe, leaders of the NATO alliance are gathered in Lithuania with Ukraine battling

to become a full-fledged member.

And in New England, a storm for the ages has ravaged Vermont.

There have been no deaths or injuries, but property damage could reach the tens of millions

of dollars, and parts of the state capital are underwater.

It was a storm that dumped nearly an entire summer's worth of rain in a matter of days.

Vermont hit with the same slow-moving storm pattern that devastated parts of New York yesterday,

as it headed north through New England.

By late last night, mountain towns across the state were inundated with up to nine inches

of rainwater.

As rivers crested toward record-breaking heights, the violent streams swallowed cars and

inched closer and closer to people's homes.

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