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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

127-year-old water main gives way under NYC's Times Square, flooding streets, subways

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station.

The 20-inch (half-meter) water main gave way under 40th Street and Seventh Avenue at 3 a.m., said Rohit Aggarwala, commissioner of New York City's Department of Environmental Protection.

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