Parts of New York City under flood water
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Much of the rainfall came in an intense 20-minute period in the afternoon, officials said. A record two inches fell at LaGuardia Airport.
Brooklyn and Manhattan were under a flash flood warning Thursday afternoon as heavy downpours fell across the city. Up to 4 inches of rain could fall in the area by late Friday, according to the National Weather Service, with gusting winds of up to 50 miles per hour possible in coastal areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
After a deluge flooded dozens of neighborhoods across the five boroughs and fatally injured two people in the process, people who knew the victims are not