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Why the New York Subway Keeps Flooding—and What to Do About It Rains once again inundated the New York subway system, showing how vulnerable it remains to water nearly a decade after Sandy.
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.
People across the New York metropolitan area confronted scenes of devastation from Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday: widespread flooding, power and transportation outages and a wind-swept fire that ...
Superstorm Sandy flooded escalators to the South Ferry subway station in Manhattan in October 2012. ... The new technology was created to try to keep New York City subways from flooding.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airports and sea ...
In the wake of superstorm Sandy, ... Danny Stewart and Pete Mercurio found baby Kevin in a Manhattan subway station 25 years ago. ... The race to be New York City's mayor is heating up.
This question-and-answer article is written by Klaus Hans Jacob, a professor of geophysics at Columbia University, who wrote a pro-bono analysis of the New York City subway system’s ...
Superstorm Sandy killed 117, millions lost power, there wasn't enough gas, food or water. ... construction workers cover air vents that could cause the New York subway system to flood.
New York City’s lack of preparation for climate change-induced weather events is evidenced by recent flooding and rain-related issues with buses, subways and rail lines.
When Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012, it changed everything New York City thought it knew about storms. The storm left behind a trail of damage that put climate change into sharp focus.
NEW YORK-- South Street Seaport was hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. Water went as high as 6 feet, damaging the historical neighborhood. CBS2's Alice Gainer spoke with business owners on the two-year ...