Two fatalities occurred after lower rooms flooded in New York City during heavy late-afternoon rain; one person was found in a flooded basement in East Flatbush and a 43-year-old man was found unresponsive in a flooded boiler room in Washington Heights. Identities of the deceased were not immediately released. A flash flood warning covered Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and parts of Manhattan as a strong frontal system produced intense storms. Rainfall totals included 2.79 inches in Sheepshead Bay, a little over 2 inches in Midtown, 1.85 inches in Central Park and 2.09 inches at LaGuardia. Flooding closed major roadways, stranded cars in several neighborhoods, and a wind advisory warned of gusts near 40 mph through midnight Friday.
"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. In the second, a 43-year-old man died after reports that a person was unresponsive in a flooded boiler room in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan around 4:44 p.m., police 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. Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, got got 2.79 inches of rain Thursday, the weather service said, and Midtown Manhattan saw a little over 2 inches of rain. Central Park recorded 1.85 inches, and LaGuardia Airport in Queens got 2.09 inches of rain."
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