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A family said their lives have been destroyed after a flash flood smashed through their front door and destroyed the whole downstairs of the property.

Flora Storm, 44, and her boyfriend David Lee, 46, were asleep on the sofa in their property in South Terrace, Hastings, at about 10.30pm when they heard a loud bang.

They ran out into the hallway to find water coming through the letter box of their front door.

Flora said she grabbed her phone and ran upstairs to her 10-year-old daughter, who was asleep, when the front door was smashed open by the force of the water.

Basement area of a property in South Terrace, Hastings, flooded during a storm on 16/6/21.

Property owner Sarah Lake, centre, with tenants David Lee and Flora Storm. SUS-210617-135751001 — Basement area of a property in South Terrace, Hastings, flooded during a storm on 16/6/21. Property owner Sarah Lake, centre, with tenants David Lee and Flora Storm. SUS-210617-135751001

Within moments, the water had swept through the bottom floor of the property and was making its way up the stairs to where Flora, her daughter and David were.

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