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Flooding Halts NYC Mass Transit

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 8, 2007 11:01 AM CDT
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(Newser) – New York City public transportation ground to a standstill early this morning after violent thunderstorms tore up trees, damaged cars, and flooded underground train tracks, halting or delaying every single subway line, reports the New York Times. Flights at all three major airports in the metropolitan area were pushed back or canceled.

“It looked like a sardine can," a commuter said of a crowded, slow-moving subway train. "We are going home and taking a shower and going to try again, because we are very sweaty.” A transit authority spokesman said services was expected back by noon. 

Commuters on the Upper West Side of Manhattan wait for the doors of a full New York City crosstown bus to open that never did during the morning rush hour Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007. Most subway lines in the city were experiencing delays or diversions after torrential rain caused flooding....
Commuters on the Upper West Side of Manhattan wait for the doors of a full New York City crosstown bus to open that never did during the morning rush hour Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007. Most subway lines in...   (Associated Press)
Residents look at flooding outside their building in the Queens borough of New York early Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007. Commuters were finding it difficult to get to work Wednesday after fierce early morning thunderstorms. (AP Photo/Shahrzad Elghanayan)
Residents look at flooding outside their building in the Queens borough of New York early Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007. Commuters were finding it difficult to get to work Wednesday after fierce early morning...   (Associated Press)
Commuters file into a limousine to get to work after subway service was interupted due to flooding in the Queens borough of New York early Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Commuters were finding it difficult to get to work Wednesday after fierce early morning thunderstorms. (AP Photo/Shahrzad Elghanayan)
Commuters file into a limousine to get to work after subway service was interupted due to flooding in the Queens borough of New York early Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Commuters were finding it difficult...   (Associated Press)
Commuters who were forced to the streets because the D and Q subway trains stopped running during rush hour, line Flatbush Avenue hoping to catch a bus or any other transportation in New York, Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007. Heavy rains dumped two and a half to three inches of rain...
Commuters who were forced to the streets because the D and Q subway trains stopped running during rush hour, line Flatbush Avenue hoping to catch a bus or any other transportation in New York, Wednesday...   (Associated Press)
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