Nina Brennan (right) and Phyllis Berry clean mud from in front of the Proud Flower store Aug. 29 in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene in Waterbury. / TOBY TALBOT, The Associated Press

Wilson Ring of the Associated Press wrote a recent feature about When the River Rose and other Tropical Storm Irene flood books and story projects. The feature was picked up by newspapers and websites across the U.S., including the Burlington Free Press, Bennington Banner, and Brattleboro Reformer in Vermont; the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire; and Boston.com, the website of the Boston Globe.

You can read the story at the Burlington Free Press.