RESIDENTS and businesses have called for urgent action following Sunday's flash floods.
Some homes and businesses were damaged by flood waters, and the power supply to a total of 164 homes in Grimsby was cut off.
One Morton Road resident said: "We have still got no hot water, our boiler is broken and we have no washer. We had no electricity for 18 hours.
"It got quite serious on Sunday as Northern Powergrid came round everybody's houses and took everybody's fuses out.
"They were really good. They came back to put the fuses back in and tested the electric meters."
The woman also said neighbours had claimed that loose chippings put down as part of a road resurfacing programme had blocked the drains, contributing to the flooding, but the council did not comment.
"We haven't flooded here for a long, long time. It's normally the Willows and Wybers that floods."
Meanwhile, residents on the Willows Estate have called for urgent action to be taken to unblock drains which constantly flood. Around 12 Queensway residents spent three hours mopping up the excess water on Sunday following the downpour.
Leanne White, 31, said: "I phoned up the council and Anglian Water on Sunday but both said it wasn't their responsibility so we started clearing the water up ourselves.
"It has brought us together but we can't do this every time it floods. The neighbours are at the end of their tether.
"The drains are still blocked and the water is still there. If we get any more rain it is going to happen again."
One of the businesses affected by the flooding has also called for improved drainage in Cromwell Road.
Graeme King, part owner of Keen King & Jones Opticians, which managed to open as usual yesterday, said: "There is a dip in the road that means all the water flows towards our premises. I would like to see the local authority do something about the drainage in this area which is obviously very vulnerable to heavy rainfall.
"The shop is still a little bit smelly and it will take several days of warm weather and open doors for the concrete floor to dry out. Whether we succeed in salvaging our carpet tiles has yet to be established."
Engineers from Northern Powergrid spent the day reconnecting the power supply to properties in the Cromwell Road area of the town.
A spokesman for Northern Powergrid said all properties had their power restored by around midnight on Sunday.
Its engineers attended properties in Shaftesbury Avenue, Morton Road, Wentworth Road, Marklew Avenue and Marshall Avenue. The spokesman said supplies were disconnected after a fault at an electricity substation, which it is believed was flood-related.
Councillor David Watson, portfolio holder for environment and housing at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: "The weather at the weekend produced some exceptional but very localised rainfall that led to flooding in parts of the borough.
"We will be undertaking an investigation of the flooding at those locations within the borough where there was highway flooding and any additional maintenance work that might be required will be undertaken."
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