EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A person was pulled from a flooded basement in Brooklyn as New York City was hit with a historic storm, according to the FDNY.

A call came in for a reported person trapped in a flooded basement at 564 Kingston Ave. in East Flatbush at 4:25 p.m. on Thursday, officials said.

An FDNY rescue dive team entered the basement, searched and removed one person from the flood, according to the FDNY.

The person was taken to a nearby hospital by FDNY EMS.

There was flooding all over New York City on Thursday due to the hard-hitting storm.

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Spencer Gustafson is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered New York state and city news since 2023. See more of his work here.

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