Whats being called the storm of the century crippled new york city cutting power and plunging manhattan into darkness. More than 13 feet of water wushds over the seawahl in battery park, rushing into tunnels and subways. It could leave the city paralyzed for days. When do you expect the subway system to be up and running again . Four or five days i think. At this point we dont know. If you had to guess, con ed and the subways, three, four days and i would be happy if thats what it turns out to be. The mta reporting that seven tunnels have been flooded announced in our 108 years our employees have never faced like a challenge like the one that confronts us now. 215 patients were evacuated from new York Hospitals when backup yen raters failed. Queens, firefighters battled a blaze that consumed 50 homes. Meanwhile, a crane mangled from heavy winds dangled 80 stories above midtown, manhattan. President obama has signed major disaster declarations for new york city, long island and new jers
0 looking like downtown? well, you can see, alex, the bands of rain coming through are making what is a difficult job that much tougher. we know there are at least ten people who are dead in new york city because of the storm. another three quarter million people without power and restoring that power and getting the mass transit system back up and running are the biggest issues facing new york city. we have some good news about mass transit. the bus service will resume at 5:00 this afternoon. it will be sunday service. they hope to have regular service restored by tomorrow. the subways on the other hand, as you mentioned, are completely different story. all the subway tunnels are flooded and, in fact, the state has asked and is receiving help from federal experts who come in to pump the water out of the subway tunnels to get back to that. those are the two big issues both mass transit and power and both are going to take several days to restore completely. back to you. sandy is no