The New York subway system is experiencing power outages in Manhattan tonight, the transit authority says
Of the 42,000 customers without power in New York, most of them were in Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side, the utility company said.The city's fire department was responding to numerous transformer fires, the first of which occurred in Manhattan on West 64th Street and West End Avenue, officials said. The outage was having a widespread effect, with the New York subway system also experiencing power outages in its stations, the agency managing the trains said.
Several stations are currently without power and are being bypassed by all trains. Please stay tuned here for updates. pic.twitter.com/UoHv6RKVyl — NYCT Subway July 13, 2019 The outages were affecting"multiple lines," the MTA said. It told one Twitter user there were extensive delays on many lines.The lack of power was a major issue on the streets and in buildings, too.A CNN producer on the Upper West Side said he was at a movie when the theater went dark at about 7 p.m. He went outside and saw traffic and street lights were out. Traffic was jamming up in intersections but it wasn't gridlocked, he said.
— Sahid Abraham July 13, 2019 Another user posted a photo showing a man at 66th Street and Broadway directing traffic.No cops directing traffic at 66th Street and Broadway. Up to the #fruitstandguy to direct traffic because of the #blackout in nyc pic.twitter.com/jQpCC8TgMI — wilkssc July 13, 2019 The outages come 42 years to the day of an extensive blackout that affected much of the city.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.CNN's Laura Ly, Sean O'Key and Joshua Girsky in New York contributed to this report.
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