article_snippet.sent: A water main break in New York City caused evening commute hysteria Wednesday as a surge of brown water poured into a West Village subway tunnel sending travelers scrambling for cover and a different route home.
article_snippet.sent: As crews scrambled to stem the flow and get to the bottom of the leak, unamused New Yorkers whipped out cell phones to capture the rare sight of an underground deluge on video.
article_snippet.sent: A water main break sent brownish water cascading down through the roof of a Manhattan subway tunnel on Wednesday .
article_snippet.sent: Video footage shows water flooding onto the subway tracks as stranded straphangers look on.
article_snippet.sent: brownish water cascading down through the roof of a Manhattan subway tunnel on Wednesday also inundated the street corner where A water main break occurred and can be seen lapping at a West Village convenience store in overhead footage taken at the scene.
article_snippet.sent: Firefighters told CBS2 that as much as 2 feet of murky water, more than enough to reach the electrified third rail, had accumulated in some places before brownish water cascading down through the roof of a Manhattan subway tunnel on Wednesday began to recede.
article_snippet.sent: when the water main was shut off so brownish water cascading down through the roof of a Manhattan subway tunnel on Wednesday could finally drain away.
article_snippet.sent: Firefighters told CBS2 that as much as 2 feet of murky water, more than enough to reach the electrified third rail, had accumulated in some places before the water began to recede .
article_snippet.sent: The official New York City Transit Subway Twitter account posted pictures starting around 9pm showing crews working toward getting brownish water cascading down through the roof of a Manhattan subway tunnel on Wednesday pumped out.
article_snippet.sent: The official New York City Transit Subway Twitter account posted pictures starting around 9pm showing crews working toward getting brownish water cascading down through the roof of a Manhattan subway tunnel on Wednesday pumped out .