If there was any doubt about just how serious a threat rising oceans and extreme weather pose to New York’s subway system, Hurricane Sandy put an end to them. Despite covering entrances and ...

Sandy Threatens to Flood Subway Tunnels, Delay Re-Opening An unprecedented storm surge could keep passengers out of subways for days By Emily Feldman • Published October 29, 2012 • Updated on ...

How the subway can collapse and flood Most people may not realize it—or never have occasion to think about it—but NYC’s subway system is susceptible to flooding. The possibility is quite real.

Sandy subway damage remains extensive By . Rebecca Harshbarger. Published Sep. 17, 2013, 1:56 p.m. ET. The flooded subway tunnel at Cranberry St. MTA NYC Transit/Leonard Wiggins Explore ...

In a 2011 estimate for the New York Academy of Sciences, Aerts and colleagues estimated the costs of New York city subway flooding from a hurricane at $250 million to $1.5 billion, which he now ...

In 2011, a year before Superstorm Sandy hit the city, Klaus Jacob, a scientist at Columbia University, warned in a report that even short-term flooding of New York's extensive subway system could ...

The MTA’s post-Sandy shots of a ruined subway system gave people a valuable look at the real devastation the city was facing. Here, the MTA and photographer Patrick Cashin talk about taking the ...

The $545 million South Ferry station was only a couple of months old when it was ravaged by Sandy flood waters. With repairs estimated to take up a few years, the MTA decided to reopen the tiny ...

Earlier today, when he was talking about the state of the MTA's subway stations after Hurricane Sandy, MTA Chair Joe Lhota mentioned how at the "South Street station water is literally up to the ...

Superstorm Sandy flooded subway stations, bus stops and train yards. The MTA says the destruction caused over $5 billion in damage to its infrastructure.

Subway system still recovering from flooding, ... the subway system remains vulnerable to floods, despite billions in investments since Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Ida in 2021.

Nearly five years after Superstorm Sandy ripped through the South Ferry subway station in Lower Manhattan, the No. 1 train station is once again open to straphangers.