SAN ANTONIO -- Ignacio Garcia Sr. could not believe what he saw when he returned Thursday to his home on McNutt Drive near Rigsby and Loop 410.

For the second time in 25 years, flood waters heavily damaged his home and his belongings.

Garcia was among a dozen residents who left their homes Wednesday after heavy rains soaked their Southeast Side neighborhood.

"I left. I didn't get to see it," Garcia said of the flood. "I didn't want to see it."

Three feet of water remained in his home Thursday and his furniture was saturated.

Garcia and some of his neighbors are angry about their situation, saying the city hasn't fixed a drainage problem.

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They say when it rains heavily, most of the water flows into a nearby narrow creek on Highway 87 that can't handle flood waters.

"Something has to be done," Garcia's son said. "This is just terrible."

"(I need to) find another place to live," said Sotero Sanchez, a flood victim. "(I'm) getting tired of this. It's happened three times, but this is the worst, and I'm just tired of it."

Sanchez said he lost two cars in the flooding.

Rudy Jimenez, whose home was also damaged by high water, counted his blessings.

"(I) can't do nothing about it," Jimenez said. "(I'm) glad nobody got hurt."

The local chapter of the American Red Cross is in the area to help flood victims.

The flooding also caused problems motorists Wednesday on the East Side.

Police closed the Interstate 10 access road at Ackerman Road in both directions after a number of cars were stranded in high water.

Waters also rose quickly in Elmendorf, where one family said water was up to their knees and flooded out their horse barn.

"We got all the kids, we put them in the truck and we came out on the road and we said, 'If it's going, we're not gonna be part of it this time,'" said Melissa Barns-Espinosa.

She said every time there's heavy rain, her home floods. Barns-Espinosa also blames the frequent flooding on poor drainage.

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