It was a mostly sunny day overhead but soggy underfoot in many places across the Maritimes today.

Heavy rain has swamped some roads and parking lots, even a few basements, and almost everybody’s talking about just how much rain fell in such a short period of time.         

“I woke up at a quarter after six this morning and I could hear water pouring into the basement,” explains Joan Hatton.

Hatton lives in Brookfield, Nova Scotia and as the water continued to rise, so did her emotions.

“Very frustrated is what I am.”

From the outside in, and the inside out, water is flowing.

It’s the third flood in as many years for this area of Nova Scotia.

The original wooden culvert has been on the property since the 1960’s and is a major part of the problem.

It’s disintegrated under the driveway, Hatton says over the past three years she’s been promised twice by the Department of Transportation that it would be fixed, but nothing has ever been done.

“You just wait, and wait, and wait,” says Hatton. “Nobody shows up to do what they say they’re going to do.”

The flooding comes after a night of heavy rain and now there are not many places for the water to go.

The main street in Truro closed to traffic, a pond and park turned into a lake, and waves ripple where cars used to park.

It’s not fun for anybody, especially for a driver who drove straight through a flooded parking lot.

Her car stalled, but luckily a coupleof guys came to her rescue.

“I didn’t see any barriers where I came through,” explains the driver.

The men were able to tow her and her car to higher ground.

“I always bring the truck into town on these days,” says truck driver Nick Beaton. “There are always people stuck and it’s just fun pulling people out, doing the right thing.”

There was also plenty of water on the roads in New Brunswick.

It was a wet morning commute that led to detours around Saint John, and rain continued to fall in Cape Breton throughout the morning.

Back at Joan Hatton’s home, with so much standing in water, it’s unlikely her flood frustrations are over.

“Every time you hear there's a heavy rain coming you don't know what you're going to do,” says Hatton. “What's going to happen, what is the place going to be like.”

With files from CTV Atlantic's Kelland Sundahl