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By late Sunday morning, Old Port Road at Queenstown looked more like a river.Police said about 10 homes in the area flooded.Buses and other traffic were diverted for hours.Residents said water collected at wetlands under construction across the road from them and was unable to drain away."I thought it'll be fine, it'll go, but no, it didn't," said one resident, Gwenda Thomas."I didn't realise it was coming from here through the side gate like a torrent."At one stage, 30 centimetres of water was washing through Ms Thomas' home of 29 years.Her two dogs were safe but she lost her outdoor fish and other some possessions."It's sad to see everything you've worked so hard for just disappear in a matter of 20 minutes, very sad indeed," she said.
Flooding took the lives of three people and some pets. It caused serious damage to homes and cars. This is the most rain they have received in 29 years.
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