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\nThe broken pipe sent water rushing down the street and lifted manholes.
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Streets in the Lower Hutt suburb of Stokes Valley have become rivers after a watermain breakage.<\/p>\n
The pipe broke underneath Kamahi Street sending thousands of litres of water onto the road.<\/p>\n
It has ripped up the route, lifted manholes and sent rocks floating down the torrent.<\/p>\n
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\nCars attempting to drive through the flooded street.
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Max Goddard-Winchester said it started about 12pm on Monday.<\/p>\n
“I think all the stormwater that is supposed to be going under the road has just started pissing out the top of it.”<\/p>\n
Goddard-Winchester said there was not much you could do to redirect the flow of the water.<\/p>\n
“I think people down the road, people who had their garage door open it was just flooding into their front door.<\/p>\n
“We had it going down our driveway earlier but we managed to stop it coming down that way.”<\/p>\n
Carina said her home was just around the corner.<\/p>\n
“In 1976 this happened, the same thing. I remember the roads all lifting, the water getting in underneath it, yeah it is not a quick fix neither.”<\/p>\n
She said there would be quite a few people affected by the broken water main, given it was a large street.<\/p>\n
Wellington Water and Hutt City Council have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n