A major watermain break in east Hamilton flooded homes and had a whole neighbourhood thinking "not again," early Monday.

The cause of the break is unknown. However, the city said the pipe that broke is 145 years old.

Around 2 a.m. Monday, residents of the area around Grace Avenue, near Woodward Avenue and Burlington Street East, woke to what at first sounded like heavy rain.

"We checked our cameras and then we saw buckets and flower pots just moving around in our backyard," said Paul Phoumsavanh, a resident in the neighbourhood.

He said he knew "immediately" what was happening, because it wasn't the first time.

In 2018, a very similar incident happened, a watermain break that flooded the whole neighbourhood, ruining backyards and basements. WATCH | Hamilton resident describes the i

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