Before my house was flooded, many areas were already underwater, including streets between my house and office. For about two weeks, I went to work on a bus as I watched the water level on the streets rise from ankle height to completely covering wheels of small cars. Many streets turned into canals/rivers with boats and cars submerged. Several cars were knocked down by water. Buses stopped running and taxis disappeared from the area, making it very hard to travel back home as no taxi would agree to take passengers back.