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How Army Engineers Are 'Unwatering' NYCs Tunnels
Matt Ball on November 1, 2012 - in Emergency
The scale is staggering: Superstorm Sandy flooded New York City's network of underground and vehicular tunnels with up to 400 million gallons of water. On Thursday, the U.S. military began to bring some of its heavy equipment into place – from generators to powerful water pumps to trucks flown from across the country. But, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emphasized, they're just getting started with the cleanup.
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