Record-setting rainfall causes issues across the region

"A spotty shower or two could fall Wednesday afternoon through Thursday, but most of that time will be dry," Harbaugh said.

The nonstop rainfall Tuesday set a record of 3.43 inches for Sept. 29, and it began to take a toll early in the evening.

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Streets Run Road was closed Wednesday morning near Route 885 due to flooding.

Allegheny County Twitter account reported flooding issues across the area, including North Fayette Township, Neville Township, Tarentum and Indiana Township.

“We’ve lost the sidewalk beside the house (and) retaining wall behind the house because of the excess water coming down,” Leroy Evans, who lives in Pittsburgh’s Spring Garden section, said. “It’s a debris field all the way up through there because the storm drain is clogged.”

The clog forced Spring Garden Avenue to close.

Evans said he’s gone back and forth with Reserve Township and the city about who can fix the problem with no solution reached.

“They keep saying they came down and cleaned it out. They didn’t obviously. You can see what’s happening,” he said.

Tony Vecenie, of Shaler Township, had a similar story, saying it didn’t take long for his property to flood with Tuesday’s heavy rains.

While the floodwaters haven’t damaged his home the way it has hurt his lawn, he said he still has concerns.

“They put the big gravel along the creek bed to keep it from washing out. It broke loose, went underneath the pipe and the road,” Vecenie said.

Vecenie said he’s hoping the county, which owns the property, will come out and remove the rocks and gravel that he says forces the water out.