A subway flood expert explains what needs to be done to stop underground station deluges
- Written by Klaus Hans Jacob, Professor of Geophysics, Columbia University
Underground and underwater.David Dee Delgado/Getty Images via Getty ImagesSubway stations in New York were inundated with water following heavy rain on Sept. 1, 2021. But the Big Apple isn’t alone – over the last year we have seen similar images in other major cities, including London and Zhengzhou in China.
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