Much of the rainfall came in an intense 20-minute period in the afternoon, officials said. A record two inches fell at LaGuardia Airport.

AT least two people have been killed inside a flooded basement after heavy rain lashed New York, the police said. Storms and flooding battered the city after record-breaking rainfall disrupted

Flash flooding that killed two people in New York City on Thursday was linked in part to an “overwhelmed sewer system” and unexpected record rainfall,

Authorities have identified the two men who died in flooded basements in New York City on Thursday afternoon. So much rain fell in such a short period that streets became flooded, pouring into buildings and overwhelming some subway stations.

Two people were killed in New York City on Thursday when an intense line of storms dumped torrential rain across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, triggering widespread flash flooding.

The National Weather Service reported 1.85 inches in Central Park, breaking the previous daily rainfall record of 1.64 inches set in 1917.

Floodwater inundated parts of the New York metro area on Thursday, October 30, as the National Weather Service (NWS) warned that a squall line was producing heavy rain. Footage captured by Daniel Ryan Johnson in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn shows a whirlpool forming inside a flooded drain.

A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Manhattan until 5:30 PM as heavy rain floods streets and highways. Over 6.9 million people are under alert, with officials urging residents to avoid flooded areas and move to higher ground.