Sunday marked one week since a water main break flooded about 50 homes in the Berkeley neighborhood. While the water is finally gone, the nightmare is just beginning for some homeowners.

“It’s devastating,” Rose Gonzales said. “I haven’t rested. I haven’t slept. My anxiety level is through the roof.”

She never thought her home of nearly three decades could look the way it does now.

“They finally drained all the water, which took almost a week. There was so much water down there,” she said. “They have to cut the walls because the water seepage came up through the walls, so they have to mitigate all the walls. They’re taking out flooring.”

The flooding was so bad that it even separated the foundation. Cracks around the house show sunlight seeping through.

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