only one town, wardsboro, has not been reached. that has forced national guard helicopters to airlift food and medicine to the people trapped this. nbc's ron mott is tracking the relief efforts from rutland, vermont. a lot of damage and debris behind you, ron. >> reporter: hey there, tamron. good day to you. you mentioned the relief drop from the vermont national guard. there's one expected to land here in about 30 minutes. we're actually in killington at the popular ski resort. there's a little babbling brook babbling here. emfranzen has a raging river. we have a brook here, 10, 15 feet wide but it was enough water to take down part of this lodge here. the bar and restaurant area will have to be razed at some point. what officials want to do is sheer this off. this is a very popular place during the wintertime, a huge economic boom to this part of vermont, so they want to be able to continue their operations going forward in the wintertime with all the skiing tourists who come to the area. this truck down in this pit here. you men

ground crews reached all the towns except wardsboro.hey hope to reach them today by building a makeshift road. crews will continue to air lift food and supplies to the town. eight blackhawk helicopters from illinois are on their way to help speed up the air lifts. a team of doctors and nurses are heading to vermont. i'm joined by independent senator from vermont, bernie sanders. senator, you saw the devastation firsthand. how bad is it? >> it's very bad. i think everybody knows vermont is one of the most beautiful states in this country. it's a small state. what we have suffered is the worst natural disaster to my knowledge in the state of vermont. hundreds of roads have been damaged and closed. dozens and dozens of bridges have been destroyed. our state employs 1700 workers. airline is not operable. we don't know how many hundreds or thousands of homes have been damaged. clearly, this is something our state has never suffered through in the past. it's horrendous. >> you mentioned the roads, bridges and rails as well. what has the storm