LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Some residents in Lakewood's Oak Run subdivision spent Wednesday cleaning mud out of their basements.

Heavy rain and hail Tuesday afternoon was too much for the drainage system to handle in front of their homes on South Depew Street near West Center Avenue. Water and mud filled up window wells, tore out screens and busted through the glass.

Lynn Martinez was home when her basement window gave way.

"The window break was so loud it shattered," Martinez said, "and part of the glass shot all the way across to the other side."

It's not the first time the basements have flooded. A rain storm two weeks ago left several inches of water in some of the basements.

This latest storm left four feet.

"We rented two sump pumps and had them running from 4 yesterday (Tuesday) until 9 this morning (Wednesday)," said Brian Lewis. "We were trying to move and sell the house, now we don't know what this is going to do to it."

Even though flooding has happened in the neighborhood before, residents said they cannot purchase flood insurance because they do not live in a flood plain.

David and Brenda Bomgardner were away from home during the storm. They learned about the flood after getting a call from the fire department.

"I thought I had left the iron on and the house was burning down," Brenda said.

Instead, firefighters told Brenda she had 4 to 5 feet of water in her basement, which was enough to cover her washing machine, computer equipment and decades worth of mementos.

"Oh no," Bomgardner cried as she pulled a soaking wet stuffed Mickey Mouse out of a toy box. "This was my daughter's favorite. She used to sleep with him."

Electricity has been restored to most of the homes, but not gas.

A representative of the property management company says her company was just recently hired and has very little history with the property. Vicky Hunt of Community Management Specialists said the storm was freakish in intensity.

She said she is doing what she can to address the issue in the short term. She dispatched work crews to fix gutters to keep water away from doors and windows.

She ordered that sand bags be placed alongside the drainage area in front of the homes, and said she will send an engineer to assess the situation. She said she will report the engineer's findings to the HOA board.