Residents battle severe flooding during heavy rainfall

Windsor and Tecumseh residents woke up to flooded basements Thursday morning after the region was hit with severe rainfall.

• Tecumseh hit with record 150 mm rainfall

Plumber BobFowlerarrived to work to discover hisRiverside Drive office had flooded. He says he received about 100 calls for assistance with his team of workers trying to navigate many city roads that have turned into temporary rivers.

"I got three trucks running around and they can't keep up," he said.

John and MatildaAdams discovered their flooded basement around 7 a.m. They already had two sub pumps to battle the water at their home on Orchard Park Drive, but they weren'tenough as the rain continued to batter the community.

They have hooked up two more pumps just to keep up.

Lauretta Lebute, 89, woke up around 7 a.m. to a heavily flooded yard. She and her husband can't leave the house because of so much water in the yard and surrounding streets.

"We would be, almost, knee deep in the water," she said. "I guess we'll have to stay here and not move."