AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - In the morning after Wednesday's heavy rainstorms, most of the water that flooded some local neighborhoods was already gone.

"As far as we're aware right now, we have no road closures," said Trustee Mark D'Apolito.

But Wednesday evening was a different story altogether. Neighbors in the Boulder Creek development in Austintown sent WKBN 27 First News videos of water rushing between homes and down the street. Some kids even took to body surfing.

One homeowner sent a photo taken as the rains were starting, and another just ten minutes later. WKBN Storm Team 27 meteorologists say at that point the storm was dumping at a rate of nearly six inches an hour.

Township road crews were out Thursday morning, clearing away debris from storm drains. They also discovered a s

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