The trouble with trying to iron out the problem via forum is that we can't easily understand how things really are. You talk about, but don't show, pertinent details. We must SEE because verbal descriptions do not explain well enough. Showing is the only way that works. No close-ups. Everything must be shown in context.

A big question in solving this is WHERE IS THE NEAREST LOWER GROUND? There must be a route for the water to escape, and there must be a means to allow it to do so, or a method in place to force it to do so.

In the meantime you should sandbag around your house and in front of your garage.

If you live in an older neighborhood and are just now having this problem, someone somewhere has changed the water flow. You have to find the source of the water and the source of the change. You can't solve this on your property. It is a municipality issue. There could be many causes. A blocked drain somewhere for starters.

Here is one way to handle it.

Note the hole in the curb. That drains water from behind the wall in back of the houses.

I agree with others who say this is a municipal issue; we have the same problems in Seattle where we got 48 inches of rain this winter. The city is responsible for keeping water from the street from entering your property, and you are responsible for the water that falls on your property (roof, driveway, etc.) Your side neighbors are responsible for managing the water that falls on theirs, and they are not allowed to divert it to yours.

Get sandbags immediately across the driveway at the street, and also around your house.

Then contact the city, and have them inspect the situation. I cannot stress this enough.

Finally, manage the water you have by ensuring you have downspouts that direct water away from your house and garage into swales on your property, so that the water is absorbed into your landscape. Consider this to be a landscaping opportunity, because that extra water will support a beautiful garden, as well as being a responsible neighbor and protecting your investment as a homeowner.

We contacted the NC Dept of Transportation and they came out to look at the issue. They, of course, recommended what we could do/pay for ourselves that would help the issue (trying to divert the problem from them onto us). I have scheduled a follow up meeting next week with the higher-ups to get a better "solution" to the problem. In the mean time, I will get sand bags, add onto our downspouts and work on some of the low spots in our yard to help direct the water. Thank you all for your help!

Check your local municipal code for the city, not the department of transportation. That might help also.

With that mess if they ignored or put me off I'd be attending a city commisioner/whatever passes for authority meeting and making my needs known. Something changed, you didn't change it, they need to assign someone to figure this out.

The first photo looks like it is going into your yard over the tree lawn from the street. That should be the problem of whatever authority is responsible for the street since it means that their storm sewers aren't doing their job of removing water from the street. So persist. If you don't get any help, a lawyer may be needed.

That amount of water may be coming from a street ABOVE your property somewhere. And, it looks like the street in front of your house is not draining properly either.

I'm on here sporadically for the present time, but I did not see that you returned with information about where the nearest low area was (outside of your yard). While it may LOOK like a municipal problem, that is still based on some assumptions. We cannot be certain that you are not causing your own problem or contributing to it. I'm not saying you are. I'm saying that it's something that must be ruled out before expecting the problem can be shifted to others. It's also possible that neighbors have done something to cause the problem. We just can't know until the info that explains the COMPLETE path of drainage is put forth. It must include pictures that show a wide swath of scenery in order for us to know how things relate and are connected.

We built a house and have swales between homes and culverts no city sewer drains and before our and neighbors landscapes were done drainage was an issue. I understand our situations are different but something that really helped is when a we got a huge downpour I got on a raincoat and watched how and where the water flowed. Before we installed underground drainage pipes to road (we diy) we bought a lot of those black flexible inexpensive tubing from Home Depot (the water coming off house is a lot) also you want this water as far away from your foundation. Then after landscaping plants/trees have really helped absorb water (Google how much ground water trees uptake) idk also at our last house we pinpointed where a neighbor graded an area of a designated drain area that wasn't suppose to be touched and it dammed up water 5 houses down so take pictures showing these dammed areas, again which means heading out during a storm and looking for these exact locations.

Good advice from simplescapes. When neighborhoods are built, usually drainage of yards is a main concern and it's taken care of by builder. Occasionally, builders do not do an adequate job, but it's the exception. Sometimes neighbors do a project, like adding a swimming pool or an outbuilding, and regrade a portion of their yard without thinking about how it might negatively affect their neighbors. One must determine what went wrong. Did the builder mess up ... or a neighbor. One must explore the path of drainage -- or what should be the path -- and discover why the path is blocked. Sometimes a former owner did it. Find nearly lower ground outside outside of your own property and assess why the water is not going to it. We have blinders on so cannot see it. Only the OP can look and find it.