Canberra's emergency services were kept busy responding to 250 wet weather jobs on Sunday, as the territory copped a month's worth of rain.
ACT Rural Fire Service Chief Officer Joe Murphy said crews worked tirelessly to complete all calls for help received last night, but were prepared for a busy few days as the clean-up continued.
He said he expected many more calls to come through today as Canberrans surveyed the damage from the 64 millimetres of rain that was dumped on the region from 9:00am on Sunday — much of which fell within the space of an hour.
The average rainfall for February at the Canberra Airport gauge is 56.4 millimetres, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Mr Murphy said all of the jobs related to flooding.
"Mostly flooding [was] either through the roof or front door [of homes]," he said.
"There'll be a big mop up over next few days — a lot will be following up from people who said they don't need help right now."
While the worst of the wet weather had passed, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast between 8 and 15 millimetres to fall today, mostly in the morning.
Drier weather was tipped for the rest of the working week, with rain expected to return on Saturday.
The Australian National University sent out a statement on Sunday saying it would be closed today after a creek on the campus broke its banks.
But the rain was welcome relief for regional farmers in Goulburn and Braidwood, with dams filling from the downpour.
North Canberra suffers worst damage
Residents in O'Connor were counting the cost of repairs as their homes flooded on Sunday afternoon.
One resident said by the time she and her partner saw the flood warning, it was already too late.
"When we looked out the window it had already flooded, and it came much quicker than we thought it would," she said.
"It started coming out of the drains, it started coming out of the cupboards — we just couldn't stop it.
"It was too fast, so we got out. We've got a little one, we don't want to mess around."
Another man, who moved into his home at the start of the month after relocating from Adelaide with his parter, was left devastated.
"I opened the door and the whole room just flooded," he said.
"Unbelievable. Shattering, absolutely shattering. Certainly not how we'd like to spend our first few weeks here."
A number of roads remain closed on Monday, with the list available at the ACT Government's Transport Canberra and City Services website.
Mr Murphy urged motorists and pedestrians to keep clear of floodwater.
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