A person died after a basement flooded in Brooklyn on Thursday as heavy rains drenched New York City and the region, authorities said.

Firefighters responded to the call of a person trapped in a flooded basement in the East Flatbush neighborhood around 4:25 p.m., police and the fire department said. The cause of death has not been determined, and the person's identity was not immediately released.

The incident occurred while a flash flood warning was in place for Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.

A squall line produced the rains over the city, the National Weather Service said.

Around 3:30 p.m., 1 to 2 inches had fallen with a rainfall rate expected of 1 to 1 1/4 inches in an hour, the agency said in an alert.

Flooding closed the Long Island Expressway in both directions in Queens, and

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