The state of Connecticut is trying to help towns adapt to climate change as severe storms become more frequent, including a potentially historic rainfall Sunday for towns in the Naugatuck River Valley.

This includes the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Climate Resiliency Program, which gave out $8.8 million in its first year and expects to provide another $75 million in aid this year.

“We want to help communities to think – to try to future proof their infrastructure,” DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes said Tuesday.