Some residents in the Eden Acres neighborhood in Hillsborough County are leaving their homes because of flooding.

County officials said Lake Cooper and other nearby lakes are overflowing, and the water is coming into the streets.

Robert Morrow, who lives in the area, was forced to move items inside his home as flood waters got inside.

"It's frustrating to the point you don't know what to do," Morrow said. "You want to tear up, you want to cry, you don't know what to do."

Residents said at first it was just water pooling in the streets.

Kelly Peak packed sandbags and put them in front of her garage and front door, hoping to keep the water out.

"I absolutely thought they would stop it," Peak said. "It didn't stop it."

After a week of on-and-off rain, the water finally seeped into her house.

"I don't know what to do. I think it's going to be a while," Peak said. "When I talked to my adjuster he said it's going to be a long process. He said he can't come out until it starts to subside. It's supposed to rain all week, all weekend."

Residents said they would like to see the county work on improving the drainage.

"If the situation in the street doesn't get taken care of, it'll never get fixed in my house," Morrow said.

Andrea Roshaven, public relations strategist with the county, sent Bay News 9 a statement saying:

"Pumping Lake Cooper is not a viable solution since there is nowhere to pump the water to the south that isn't also saturated. We have crews actively monitoring the stormwater connections between the lakes to ensure free flow and looking for opportunities to optimize the flow of water to the south, including seeing what actions we may be able to take to assist the flows if lake levels to the south drop."

In the meantime, the Morrows said they've run out of options.

"The smell in the house is disgusting. It's not livable," Ashley Morrow said. "We have to leave."