West Side residents along Dhaka View are watching the forecast closely as more rain is expected, in the coming week

Jonathan Clemena shared shared a video showing himself wading through floodwaters along the road after Sunday’s heavy rain. This time, he said the flooding destroyed his fence and sent about three inches of water into his home.

“This time around, his fence got affected… my fence got affected. I don’t even have a fence anymore,” Clemena said.

While Clemena is now using fans to dry out his home, he says the flooding was even worse during storms last year. Video from that flooding shows water rising to the electrical outlets inside his home. Clemena said he had to walk through the floodwater to rescue his dogs before shutting off the electricity.

“Then the next thing I did was go to the garage, risk my life, and turn off all the breakers,” Clemena said.

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His neighbor, Brad Nevels, experienced similar flooding. He said the roads were impassable, forcing him to hold onto neighbors’ fences and swim through the floodwaters to reach his wife, who was trapped inside their home.

“At the deepest part it was probably up to, like, here,” Nevels said.

Both neighbors say the financial toll has been significant.

“I had over $175,000 worth of damage,” Clemena said.

“I had close to probably $90,000 worth of damage,” Nevels said.

Another resident, Andrew Gonzalez, who lost a car in previous flooding said the neighborhood has been dealing with flooding concerns for at least five years.

“We always have to be watching flash flood warnings,” Gonzalez said.

Neighbors believe much of the flooding originates from French Creek behind Clemena’s home. After the 2025 floods, a drainage channel that had been completely overgrown with vegetation was cleared in an effort to reduce flooding. However, residents say Sunday’s rain showed the work has not solved the problem.

“The problem is deeper,” Clemena said.

Their councilman’s office sent out a statement saying the plans to meet with residents Monday to discuss the flooding concerns and work toward finding a solution.