- Four people died in the basements of their homes in New York City on Wednesday night after a heavy storm pelted the region.
- Three of the victims were found in
Queens , while another was found in Brooklyn, reported the New York Post, - There were reports that a building partially collapsed in Queens, and the fire department were using divers to search for survivors in the flooded basement.
Four people died in New York City on Wednesday night after a heavy storm pelted the region. All four perished in the basements of their homes; three of the victims were found in Queens, while another was found in Brooklyn, reported the New York Post, quoting sources.
There were reports that a building partially collapsed at 90-11 183rd St and the New York Fire Department (FDNY) were using divers to search for survivors in the building's flooded basement.
Two people - a 22-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman - were found dead in the basement of the building, reported the Post, adding the victims were "unconscious and unresponsive," when they were found. The FDNY told Insider that a side wall of the building had collapsed.
It is unclear if others were trapped in the building.
Elsewhere, in Cypress Hills, a 66-year-old man was found dead in his basement at around 12:30 a.m, the Post reported.
A fourth person - a woman in her 40s - was found dead in her Grand Central Parkway apartment in Rego, Queens, around 1 a.m, CBS News reported.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in New York Wednesday evening.