Dunedin Urgent Doctors is closed for the day while mops, buckets and tradesmen are out as the flood clean up continues in Dunedin today and businesses band together to help.
An intense burst of hail and rain in central Dunedin left many retailers mopping up and surveying the damage yesterday.
The storm hit about 3.30pm. The Fire Service attended 45 call-outs, and the Dunedin City Council received more than 75 calls, and attended 14 houses affected by flooding.
The Dunedin Urgent Doctors and Accident Centre was closed with significant flooding in reception, the staff cafe, and X-ray room but is expected to reopen tomorrow, around midday.
''We're hoping to [open] tomorrow. That's the intention.
''But not before lunchtime,'' manager Martin Chamberlain said.
Patients were being redirected to other GP practices or Dunedin Hospital emergency department.
The Southern District Health Board confirmed in a statement the department had been busier than usual due to the temporary closure.
The Reef owner Oanh Tieu said tradesmen were working to get the seafood restaurant in George St open for the Valentine's Day dinner service.
The storm hit after the final customer from the lunch service had left.
The floodwater leaked through the roof, walls and light fittings and cascaded down a flight of stairs in the back of the restaurant.
"Water was everywhere.''
The power to the building was switched off and electricity was sourced from a business next door to run the fish tank pumps running in the restuarant.
The booking for the dinner service last night were cancelled and the restuarant was closed.
The sodden walls were "wobbling'' today and several tradesmen were working so the "fully booked'' restaurant could open tonight for Valentine's Day diners, she said.
Radicool Kids Flagship co-owner Emily Boniface was cleaning the children's clothing shop in Albion Pl today.
The roof caved in and the 60sqm shop floor was covered with 10cm of floodwater.
She was dumping a lot of waterlogged stock today, she said.
A note on the shop door thanked the "amazing people and businesses who helped'' and called Dunedin "truly the best little city in the world.''
The neighbouring florist Bunches & Bows helped move stock from the flooded shop yesterday and nearby shop Void Clothing had taken racks of clothes to sell on behalf of Mrs Boniface.
Builders would fixing the Radicool shop today and she hoped to open tomorrow.
Golden Centre general manager Simon Eddy said the mall closed for about 45 minutes following "a little bit of flooding''.
He anticipated all stores would reopen today.
The mall was closed to ensure customer safety, because of wet and slippery floors, he said.
"It's exactly what we would anticipate would be likely to happen with that amount of water falling.''
