Broken water pipe flooded times square In the early hours of Tuesday, it caused floods in the streets and subway of the central neighborhood. Downtown Manhattanin New York.
“We have identified where the cut in the pipeline is and the crew is digging so repairs can begin,” the Environmental Protection Department commissioner said. Rohit Aggarwalaat a press conference near the crime scene.
According to the authorities, the pipe was from 1896 and the cause of the breakage is not yet known.
“Fortunately most of the buildings in this area have water sources, so we don’t know how many people will lose waterbut we think it will be a relatively small number,” said Aggarwala.
Metro big apple He took the hardest hit as water leaked into the Times Square station and went underground towards the southern part of Midtown.
John Baldey, A passenger on the subway at the time of the flooding told CBS New York: “Suddenly, they started falling. debris. We thought it was one burstbut it did. We all started running.”