Man trapped in flooded basement dies as New York hit by severe rain

Officials say body of man, 39, pulled from Brooklyn basement as rainstorm closes roads and causes delaysA man’s body was pulled from a flooded New York City basement on Thursday during a rainstorm that shut down roadways and caused airport delays, authorities said.A scuba team recovered the body of a 39-year-old man after firefighters received a call of a person trapped in a flooded basement in Brooklyn at about 4.30pm, police said. The man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Continue reading…