Irene's storm surge reached 4.3 feet at the Battery ... subway outage time of three to four weeks. Figure 7. New York City Subway vulnerability to a 100-year flood of 8 feet, with a 4-foot sea ...

NEW YORK — The city's mass transit ... airports stopped accepting arriving flights as Hurricane Irene approached. Final scheduled runs on all subway and bus lines started at noon, and it would ...

NEW YORK — The New York City subway, whose closing in the lead-up to Hurricane Irene was perhaps the most unsettling element of a prodigious storm preparation effort, was back to its usual ...

A spokesperson for the MTA said that the entire subway ... Irene is a "dangerous storm," and "it's heading basically directly for us." President Obama signed an emergency declaration for New York ...

Updated 11:07 p.m. EST NEW YORK - Stripped of hurricane rank earlier Sunday, Irene has now been downgraded from Tropical storm strength as well. The storm spent the last of its fury Sunday ...

So is a city like New York that has seen only five hurricanes since 1851 ready for a storm like Irene? Experts say the ... shut down one of the the largest subway systems in the world if needed.

New York’s subway system alone has more than 5 million ... Casinos to reopen Atlantic City’s casinos report little damage from Hurricane Irene, and the 11 gambling halls will reopen Monday ...

Its vast subway system, with 735 stations ... a future storm brings more intense flooding. While a storm like Irene is a rare event in New York, it is not unheard of. In 1992, a winter storm ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The National Hurricane Center says Irene is moving up the mid-Atlantic coast, lashing the region with heavy rains and blustery winds. The center said at 2 a.m. EDT Sunday ...

Slotnik Outdoor subway service in New York City will resume at 5 a.m ... The subway was also closed in August 2011 ahead of Tropical Storm Irene and in 2012 ahead of Hurricane Sandy.

as twisters reported touching down in Delaware and Maryland Experts say biggest danger are storm surges of up to 11ft that could hit New York City Downgraded to category 1 storm as hurricane made ...