Heavy rain overnight and this morning brought flooded streets, basements and a bunch of headaches for Warren residents.
The street flooding got so bad that Hoover Rd., just off of 10 Mile, was underwater for several hours, and stalling out a handful of drivers.
Homeowners tell us they learned about the flooding when they woke up and stepped into calf-deep water.
"I have never seen it this bad and I’ve lived over here for eight years now and I've never seen it this bad," Darnell told us.
He and a handful of residents found out the stretch of Hoover was nearly impassible the hard way.
The water caught me totally unexpected," Darnell said.
"It was a normal day, like I'm going to work and then the car in front of me, I seen wings like an eagle. But it’s water," Chris Smith told us.
Trucks, cars, and everything in between blew past barriers trying to keep them off Hoover Rd.
Smith turned onto Hoover before cones blocked the street, stalling out and having to push his car to dry land.
Darnell called after he stalled just before 5 a.m. The water was so high his pedals were soaked.
Road side assistance said they couldn't help in the high waters. Darnell had to wait until the street cleared around 7 a.m. and Warren police impounded his and several other stalled cars.
"My dad had gotten up he said he put his feet over his bed and he was coated in water," Nicholas Adams, whose basement is flooded, said. "8 to 10 inches of water. It was pretty brown and pretty gross."
Adams lives near East 14 Mile and Schoenherr. He said his dogs were sleeping in their kennels as water rose around them. The family scrambled to get the two pups and a hedgehog to higher ground, but decades of family memories didn't escape the water.
"We have all these pictures from Italy from like 1920 to like the 80s when they came here," Adams said. "So they’re stretched out from he three bedrooms, the bathroom the kitchen and in the living room at the moment."
VIDEO: Adams takes us on a tour of his flooded basement:
John, near E. 10 Mile and Hoover, said this is the second time this year his basement went underwater. Last time, it was in January. Last month marked his first year in the home, and he said this can't keep happened.
He also said when he asked, the city didn't give him any relief.
"They just said it was heavy rain and it just backed up their system and there’s nothing they can do," he said. "They're just letting the water process through their treatment plant and and once that catches up then hopefully the water will go down and drain out."
