{"id":24586,"date":"2025-10-31T21:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/24586\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T21:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:26:22","slug":"2-killed-in-new-york-city-flooding-kiro-7-news-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/24586\/","title":{"rendered":"2 killed in New York City flooding \u2013 KIRO 7 News Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 At least two people were killed in record flooding that hit New York City.<\/p>\n

The two men were found dead in flooded basements in Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan, The New York Times<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n

One was trapped when he went back to his Flatbush apartment to rescue a dog. A diver pulled him out and he was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where he died. <\/p>\n

Officials did not say if his death was caused by the flood or something else, the Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

A second man was found in the basement boiler room of a Washington Heights building. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Police are investigating both deaths, WABC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

While the amount of rain was expected – between one and three inches – it was supposed to rain over a period of eight hours. Instead, it came down in about 20 minutes, the Times<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Central Park, according to CBS News<\/a>, had the highest rainfall total in 100 years. LaGuardia and Newark airports also broke rainfall records.<\/p>\n

The park\u2019s previous record was 1.64 inches of rain in a day set in 1917. Thursday\u2019s rain measured 1.83 inches. LaGuardia had 2.09 inches, breaking its old record of 1.18 inches, while Newark had 2.04 inches, breaking its 1.57-inch record. Both airport records were set in 1955.<\/p>\n

The rain came at about 6 inches an hour, with a sewer system that can only handle 1.75 inches an hour. <\/p>\n

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