"Two people died after lower rooms flooded in New York City on Thursday as heavy rain drenched the region, authorities said. In the first incident, firefighters responded to the call of a person trapped in a flooded basement in the East Flatbush neighborhood around 4:25 p.m., police and the fire department said. The cause of death has not been determined."
"A strong frontal system produced the storms that dropped the rain over the city, the National Weather Service said. Around 3:30 p.m., 1 to 2 inches had fallen, with a rainfall rate expected of 1 to 1¼ inches in an hour, the agency said in an alert. Flooding closed the Long Island Expressway in both directions in Queens, and the westbound lanes of the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn on Thursday, city officials said."
Two people died after flooding filled lower rooms during heavy rain across New York City, including a person trapped in a flooded East Flatbush basement and a 43-year-old man found unresponsive in a flooded boiler room in Washington Heights. Flash flood warnings covered Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and parts of Manhattan as a strong frontal system produced intense storms. Rain totals ranged from about 1.85 inches in Central Park to 2.79 inches in Sheepshead Bay, with rates up to 1 to 1¼ inches per hour. Flooding closed portions of the Long Island Expressway and Belt Parkway, stranded vehicles, and officials also issued a wind advisory.
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