Waterbury CReW organizes volunteers for multi-town flood cleanup [Video]

THE HOT DRY WEATHER WAS A WELCOME SIGN… TO THE PEOPLE TRYING TO RECOVER FROM LAST WEEK. INCLUDING IN WATERBURY. NBC5’S SID BEWLAY WAS THERE… AS VOLUNTEERS FROM NEAR AND FAR ARE HELPING A COMMUNITY THAT’S BEEN HIT WITH 3 FLOODS… IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. <NAT – MUD PLOP> OVER THE WEEKEND, DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS HELPED RESIDENTS CLEAN UP AFTER THE FLOOD. <LIZ SCHLEGEL, CREW; “THEY’VE HAD A LOT OF STRANGERS IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AND OF COURSE, IT’S STILL MUDDY AND IT SMELLS REALLY BAD. SO PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING.”> <JESSICA SCHILLER, MORETOWN; “WITHIN 10 MINUTES, MY ENTIRE BASEMENT WAS SIX FEET-FULL OF WATER.”> THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE FOR THE GREATER WATERBURY AREA, OR “CREW” BEGAN LAST JULY, FOLLOWING THAT DEVASTATING FLOOD. NOW — THEY’RE BACK TO WORK, ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS IN WATERBURY AND ITS SURROUNDING TOWNS. <HEIDI DUGAN, VOLUNTEER; “WE TO HAVE THESE FLOODS WAY TOO OFTEN, …