Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A beloved bookstore in Vermont's small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A nearby office supply and gift store did the same in 2011 because it liked a different space that came with a bonus: it was higher and farther from the river. But their moves to higher ground weren't enough to save them from flooding after torrential rains in July caused what some saw as...