Flooding From Storm in Mystic, Pawcatuck and Mudslide in Old Mystic

Stonington First Selectman Edward Haberek said drenching rains from Tropical Storm Andrea have caused flooding and a mudslide in Old Mystic.

Holmes Street in Mystic is flooded due to rains and a broken catch basin. Haberek said the town turned pumps on in Pawcatuck to get a handle on flooding there. 

Now, the big concern is from a mudslide in Old Mystic. He was on the scene near 68 Rt. 27 in Old Mystic where a sloping hill that features new homes by Toll Brothers is now a mudlside with water and mud running down toward a home below. Haberek said the company and the Town Engineer will be meeting to determine if a retaining wall "is going to do its job" and keep the water and mud at bay. Haberek said the home below has "had this happen before."

"They're very upset and worried about mud coming down into the house. Their landscaping is destroyed. If the retaining wall does not hold, it will be quite an emergency sitation," he said. 

The good news?

"The tide is going out so hopefully we won't see (river) flooding," he said. 
 
Haberek is asking residents to "sit tight and stay off the roads until the rains have subsided.