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Shocked commuters have shared astonishing videos of huge waterfalls pouring through the ceilings of flooded subway stations.

Scores of travelers took to Twitter to share the clips, which show curtains of water pouring though Bryant Park subway station in Midtown Manhattan.

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Unfortunate commuters faced a complete soaking just by walking out through the train car doors and onto the platform.

Elsewhere, floodwater was filmed pouring down subway steps at 145th street, while one leaking subway car roof meant commuters were forced to endure rain inside a train on their way to work.


It came after a morning of torrential rain, thunder and lightning across New York.

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Jeremy Barr, who shared one of the Bryant Park videos captioned it ‘Good morning and welcome to hell.’



Another tweeter called a ship shared a snap of the shocking indoor downpour, writing: ‘Hope you don’t have to get off at Bryant Park.’

Journalist Ellie Sunakawa captioned her video: ‘RAINS INSIDE OF SUBWAY CAR; UNFAZED NEW YORKER CONTINUES TO EAT BREAKFAST SANDWICH.’

And Bret Hyde shared a perspective of the Bryant Park floods from the inside of a soggy subway car, while calling for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to ‘fix the subways.’

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