Transit agencies in the New York City area were promising a fairly smooth commute with some lingering delays on Tuesday, the morning after heavy rain pummeled the region, flooding parts of the subway system, inundating major roads and causing long flight delays.
Several roads in the metropolitan area were still closed Tuesday morning, including parts of the Bronx River Parkway, which connects the Bronx to Westchester County, N.Y. In New Jersey, Route 22 and Route 28 were closed in both directions to clear debris and make emergency roadway repairs in Somerset and Middlesex counties because of the flooding, Gov. Phil Murphy announced.
The governor also declared a State of Emergency for all 21 counties because of the flooding and urged people to avoid unnecessary travel.
There were no active alerts for most of New York City’s subway lines on Tuesday morning, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s website. Flash floods inundated multiple subway stations on Monday night, sending water gushing down staircases and into subway cars.
Amtrak announced that effects from the weather would cause some delays on its Northeast Corridor on Tuesday morning while “equipment is prepared for service,” the railroad said on its website.
Metro-North Railroad said on social media that service in and out of Grand Central Station had been restored after the flooding disrupted rush hour Monday evening. “Expect residual delays as we work to get train service back on schedule,” it said.
NJ Transit’s website said several bus lines and at least one of its train lines were either taking detours or were delayed because of flooding.
PATH trains, which run between Manhattan and New Jersey, seemed to be operating normally.
As of early Tuesday morning, much of the Mid-Atlantic remained under severe weather warnings.
Claire Moses is a Times reporter in London, focused on coverage of breaking and trending news.
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