Sources told The Post that the victim originally made it out of his flooding home, but doubled back to save his dogs. It’s unclear what happened to the dogs.

Brooklyn was soaked with about 2 inches of rain on Thursday, with parked cars submerging in water all across the borough including Sheepshead Bay, Midwood and Bed-Stuy. One Wingate resident died after trying to save his pet dogs from his basement.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A Brooklyn family was reunited with their kitten Tuesday after it was stuck 60-feet above ground in a tree for three days. Alexandra Sanchez said her 8-month-old cat Reeses climbed out of the window of her Crown Heights ...

Two people were killed in New York City on Thursday when an intense line of storms dumped torrential rain across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, triggering widespread flash flooding.