New York City, flash flood and Subway
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When the train doors opened, "quite a lot of water came in, so almost all of us stood up on the seats," a passenger told Newsweek.
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Flash flooding strands passengers on NYC subways during Monday's stormSeveral NYC subway stations flooded on Monday night, causing severe delays and closures after rain drenched parts of NY, NJ and CT.
The heavy downpours wreaked havoc across the city with footage showing commuters overwhelmed by floodwaters in various subway stations.
But flooding has become a regular problem during heavy storms. More Local News Officials say big infrastructure projects are a solution in the long term, and regular clean-up projects also need to be done.
Severe flash flooding struck New York City, Westchester County, Staten Island, and Rockland County, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic
Flooding was particularly high in Central Jersey along the Route 22 corridor in Watchung, Plainfield and North Plainfield.
Several subway lines are running with severe delays as crews address flooding in stations in Queens. Heavy delays on Queens-bound M and R trains were announced at
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