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Although bad weather generally has little effect on an underground subway system in a major metropolitan area, electricity outages and flooding may disrupt services. For example, on August 8, 2007, following a tornado in Brooklyn in New York City, the New York City Subway flooded, causing all trains to grind to a halt during rush hour. [12]
Following the September 11 attacks in New York City, many people were unable to leave Lower Manhattan due to the closure of bridges and tunnels and mass transportation. [5] [6] Within minutes of the first plane hitting the first tower, multiple fireboats from the New York City Fire Department rushed to the scene. [7]
Voting on September 11 in the New York City mayoral primary was halted. Elections in Syracuse and Buffalo, New York were also delayed. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), with the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations to be held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, was postponed. The organizers ...
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Spring Street, from Purchase Street to the entrance of the DeMello International Center building parking lot, 128 Union St. The sidewalk on that same section of Spring Street, abutting the Zeiterion.
CANTON − The 1200 block of Prospect Avenue SW and Fifth Street NE at Young Avenue will be closed for five days beginning today to repair the railroad crossings, according to the city's ...
The Walt Disney World attraction The Timekeeper, a 360-degree film presentation that featured a panoramic view of New York City (including the Twin Towers) closed on September 11, 2001, and updated the scene of New York City so that the titular character was sent to 2000, a year before the attacks, which caused all references to the WTC to be ...
Officials in New York City say a 1.7 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Queens and Roosevelt Island on Tuesday morning, not an explosion.. Around 5:45am, the FDNY received reports of buildings ...