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By John Hill

Journal Staff Writer

In a way, the groundwork for this spring’s flooding in South County was laid 10,000 years ago.

The two hardest-hit river systems in the state, the Pawtuxet in Kent County and the Pawcatuck in South County, reacted in different ways. The Pawtuxet, which flows through a heavily developed part of the state, [...]

Clean-up Crews
 
The Johnnycake Center of Westerly is requesting assistance in their flood recovery efforts.

Clean-up Crews
 Assistance requested for Saturday, April 10 from 9am-3pm to help residents clean up from the flood. Volunteers must be 18 years or older.

Volunteers should wear boots and long pants and should bring gloves, hand sanitizer (if possible), lunch and [...]

Relief Drive to be held April 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Westerly Elks Lodge on Dixon Street.

The Westerly Sun
By CHRIS KEEGAN and EMILY DUPUIS

WESTERLY – From the high end of Pierce Street, Thea Korytkowski watched the waters rise down the road she grew up on.

“On Tuesday, I watched people get rescued [...]

April 6, 2010

Providence Journal

While northern Rhode Islanders grappled with flood cleanups on Tuesday, Westerly residents were still waiting for the Pawcatuck River to release its grip on their town in the state’s southwest corner.

Route 91, one of Westerly’s main east-west roads, was still flooded at two spots, blocking access to about 40 houses on Pound [...]

Video of the Westerly Flood – 2010
by Chris Walsh Productions
The Westerly Flood 2010

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NEW Photos of Local Flooding

By EMILY DUPUIS

Thousands of people were displaced or left without power Tuesday as torrential rain pounded the region for hours. The Pawcatuck River swelled beyond its banks and residential streets turned into swift-moving waterways.

The deluge dumped between 5 and 8 inches of rain from Old Mystic east to Charlestown, flooding basements, yards and streets and [...]

By EMILY DUPUIS / Sun Staff Writer | 0 comments

State leaders and members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation are calling for federal aid for Rhode Island after surveying flood damage in parts of the state, including Westerly, on Thursday. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was in Rhode Island today, two days after President [...]