Overview
- FDNY received a 4:25 p.m. call about a person trapped in a flooded basement at 564 Kingston Ave in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, and a rescue diver removed a 39-year-old man.
- FDNY EMS transported him to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
- In a separate case at 701 West 175th St in Washington Heights, a 43-year-old man was removed from a flooded boiler room by NYPD ESU and was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.
- Mayor Eric Adams said a brief burst of heavy rain overwhelmed sewers, with fallen leaves clogging drains worsening the flooding.
- City officials have warned that below-grade apartments can become lethal within minutes during flash floods.