Cracked Concrete Foundations Lead to Flooded Basements

Many homes in southern Ohio have flooded basements due to cracked concrete foundations caused by the intense summer drought and heavy fall rains, local media reports.

"The ground’s so dry everything has pulled away from the house," said one of the residents whose basement flooded last Tuesday. "There's no expansion in the foundations, nowhere for the concrete to stretch to and that's why you end up with the cracks, that's why the foundations have been cracking."

The falling rain has nowhere to go but through the cracks and into basements, leaving behind a messy and costly cleanup.