"It's like an endless ocean of water, it's everywhere."
Papamoa resident Selina Cook has tried to move everything in her house off ground level after huge downpours, overflowing drains and rising tides meant her property was now surrounded by water.
The water was currently lapping at both the front andback doors of her property on Bell Rd in Papamoa.
"We have not seen it this bad since the new housing development and the TEL [Tauranga Eastern Link] was established," she told the Bay of Plenty Times.
Ms Cook said since housing developments had been established along the TEL, there had been issues with drainage.
Water is rising at Bell Rd properties. Photo/supplied
She was worried if the rain continued tonight like it had done this morning, water would breach her house. She said she had family on the same road with the same problem.
"Looking out there, it's like an endless ocean of water, it's everywhere.
"It's so upsetting, I don't know what's going to happen.