Residents living in an Ipswich street have said there is concern that their houses could be further damaged after a flash flood ruined carpets, gardens and driveways.
After heavy rainfall on Tuesday, Ashcroft Road in the west of Ipswich became almost impassable – with a flood forming that damaged people's homes.
One resident, Michael Goad, set up a water defence on his porch to stop water from coming in, as it reached around a foot in depth.
He said: "Because my house is the lowest along the street, the water rushes from all sides and meets right outside the front.
"I was too late putting my first defence up but was able to get second up in the porch.
"The floods damaged my garden, which I spent all day Wednesday cleaning up, and also washed away the fish that were in my pond, but thankfully I was able to catch them and place them back in my pond.
"There's a little bit of dampness just on the inside of the porch but not too much.
"I am a bit concerned for the future though because this has been going on for 50 years and nothing has been done about fixing the drainage problems.
"We have people coming and looking at it but whenever there is heavy rainfall, it always floods."
Suffolk Highways did arrive at the flood on Tuesday and offered help to residents in the area, telling them to report any damage made to their houses.
One such house that suffered damage, was Mr Goad's neighbour, Mr Foxhall, whose carpet was ruined when the flood entered his house.
He said: "When I bought the house a couple of years ago, I was told that this problem was all cleared and drains had been sorted.
"My porch area was very muddy and I had to clear all that down, and on my driveway, you can see mud everywhere from the flood."
Another resident, Steph Wright, added: "This is just a reoccurring thing, whenever there is heavy rainfall.
"Our next door neighbour told us that it hasn't been that bad before, and we have lived here for five or six years now.
"I don't know if it will get bad enough to come into the house, but who knows, it flooded our garden and our garage.
"We have had to throw out around three bags full of stuff, and our driveway needs sorting over the weekend because of all the mud and dirt on it."
Another resident said: "It can get bad, but this was the first time it had actually come into our garden.
"We have got some sandbags for this eventuality, and we were going to put them out this time but the rain stopped.
"But it seems everytime there is heavy rainfall over a certain period of time, it tends to flood."
Ipswich Borough Councillor for Castle Hill Ward, Sam Murray, said: "I am naturally concerned that residents have seen flooding.
"We had a very severe storm with more than 20mm of water falling in a very short period of time.
"This overwhelmed Anglian Water’s infrastructure.
"I had been sent a video which alarmed me, and I contacted our Highways department about this.
"I will be making my own enquiries to Anglian Water about this to see what their plans are to prevent this from happening again."
An Anglian Water spokesman said: "Following heavy rainfall this week, we’re responding to calls from customers about localised flooding and our teams are working hard to ensure our sewer network is running as it should and can take excess rainwater away as quickly as possible.
"We take all reports of flooding extremely seriously and do sympathise with the customers who have been affected.
"Flooding is often an extremely complex issue with many different owners for the drainage network such as highways, local councils and even private owners, as well as ourselves."
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