Help! I just recently bought a house and after Monday's torrential rainstorm my basement and garage were flooded. I was told by my neighbors that I have a "natural spring" under my house. What does that mean? Am I always going to have water in my finished basement? What can I do to fix this problem?

You could have that checked out, but before you got the house it should have read that if it was. A natural spring is a natural water source under the ground, that most likely when it rains hard it overflows, unless you have a drainage problem or something of the like.

Your storm drain could be the problem... if you have 1