Cleanup efforts are underway in Southbury after floodwaters rushed through the area.
Cleanup efforts are underway in Southbury after floodwaters rushed through the area.
“Devastated, just devastated. I think it’s really very sad,” Lynn Cola-Francesco, of Southbury, said. “I experienced Sandy and Irene, I lived in Fairfield and now experiencing devastation again, so I’m very sad.”
While a lot of the floodwaters have receded, there is a lot of mud left in its place. People in town called the aftermath “a mess.”
“Overwhelmed. A little frustrated. Something we haven’t had to this extent,” Ansis Bergs, the manager of Southbury Plaza, said.
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The plaza, which has a Stop & Shop and several other businesses, is shut down because there is no power.
"We have a grocery store as well as some of the other services that are in here that people use daily,” Bergs explained.
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The aftermath has disrupted things in town. Several roads are still impassable.
“I was going to get, go to Nuvance to do some blood work, and now what do I do?” said Cola-Francesco. “Nobody’s there.”
Now, workers are trying to clean up the water and mud and restore power. They’ve made progress so far but they still have a way to go.
“It’s going to be a struggle I think for a few days before we can get things cleaned up enough to really see the actual damage,” Bergs added.
According to Southbury Police Department, the town is under a state of emergency.
