WARREN, Ohio - Several communities in Trumbull County experienced severe flooding due to excessive rainfall Wednesday afternoon. 

A lot of homes and businesses are very concerned with several houses experiencing at least six inches of water inside. 

Bob Wishart lives off 46 in Howland. 

"The Second time in two weeks," Wishart said. "The township don’t care, they just drove by here, they don’t even stop. They need to block this off with the rains, they need to keep that ditch clean. I’ve lived here 30 years, this happens every year." 

Just off State Route 46, Ray Wentz has a storm sewer overflowing. 

It's literally eroding apart," Wentz said. "You can see down inside from outside of the grate."

Wentz says this is the second time his house has flooded. 

"This will be my second insurance claim within a year for flooding my house, thankfully I got flood insurance," Wentz said. I’m going to have to re-drywall the whole basement again, probably recarpet the whole basement. I got lucky and put tile down in some spots and won’t have to replace that."

At the Convenient Food Mart on Elm Road, water was rushing into the store. 

"I want to say it was enough to carry away a small vehicle, it was that bad," Mark Barta said. 

Employees were feverishly trying to clean up the mess, while neighbors also dealt with flooded basements. 

"As soon as it started to hit, I went down in my basement and it was already clear up to the washing machine and dryer," Barta said. "We had to hurry up and get that out of there, by the time we got that out of there, it was clear up to our waste at that point.

According to Director of Warren Water Pollution Control, Edward Haller, when a city gets an inch of rain in a short period of time (one hour), storm drains can't keep up.

Haller says a major cause for the backup of storm drains are leaves being raked and grass being blown in the street causing them to get into the storm drains and cause blockage.

Haller says crews will be flushing storm lines of debris for faster damage and the city has conducted workshops in the past to hear flood-related stories from individual residents.

"It's an ongoing challenge that we are going to continue to do our best to work through," Haller said.

Haller also urges all residents to report any flooding to the Water Pollution control

"We ask of all our residents to call our number. We store everything based on addresses," Haller said. 

Haller notes that even if a household has called before, they should call again if they notice flooding in their area because crews may find a greater issue to address in the area.

To report flooding in the area, call 330-841-2591.