(AP) - The MTA chairman says the New York City subway system has never in its 108-year history faced a disaster as devastating as that created by the massive storm.
Chairman Joseph Lhota said in a statement that Sandy wreaked havoc on the entire system, "in every borough and county of the region."
He said the storm ripped out power and inundated tunnels, rail yards and bus depots.
As of Monday night, seven subway tunnels under the East River were flooded. Metro-North lost power from 59th Street to Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line and to New Haven on the New Haven Line.
The Long Island Rail Road experienced flooding in one East River tunnel.
He said the Hugh Carey Tunnel was flooded from end to end. The Queens Midtown Tunnel is closed
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