THE aftermath of flooding has become a familiar sight for the people of Lowdham.
The water may have gone yesterday but people in Lime Tree Gardens and Blenheim Avenue were left with the task of clearing up.
Chris Sweet, 41, of Lime Tree Gardens, said: "There must have been two inches of water on the road. It was just the sheer volume of water because of how heavy the rain was. It was a real freak of nature.
"It came towards my home but didn't reach my door. However, my back garden was submerged and water came up through the floorboards.
"There was nothing we could do to stop it. It was awful."
A nearby couple feared the worst when the rain started.
"We've had floods before," said the resident.
"But I don't think on this occasion it was to do with the beck in the village. It was simply the amount of rain that came down. I've never known anything like it here. It was like a tropical storm."
The village's Magna Carta pub, in Southwell Road, was badly damaged. Furniture and carpet was piled in the car park outside as staff tried their best to tidy up.
Over the road half of the village cricket team's pitch was under water.
It was a similar story in nearby Burton Joyce where water from a beck flooded onto the main road.
Doreen Brown packed her doorway with sandbags but was powerless to stop water from a neighbour's roof leaking into her kitchen.
She said: "It created a bit of a mess. My guttering is simply not designed to take that amount of water."
She added: "The road was flooded but no one came to close it. Cars kept driving through creating waves of water coming towards our homes. I wish they would have stopped to think of the damage they were doing."