People who live in Kansas City's Waldo neighborhood say they do not believe the storm drains in their area are working well.
The area received between two and three inches of precipitation before even more rain began to fall late Wednesday.
Waldo homeowner Cliff Hubbard checks watches for rainfall, then checks on bricks he has placed along the street to keep drainage from flooding his driveway.
"I'm disappointed," Hubbard said of a project to fix storm drainage. "I'm not really upset. I'm just disappointed that (the city) didn't do a better job."
Upgrades to Central Street are part of a 25-year, citywide effort to separate storm water and sewage lines.Meantime, some homeowners are finding their basements filled with water.
"(We've had) several real hard rains, to where it just completely saturates my basement," said Lamont Carter of Kansas City. "We've tried snaking (the sewer line). We put the water hose down there. It goes down fine."
Experts say people should clean their gutters so downspouts on their homes can efficiently direct water away from foundations.