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The MTA and New York City Will Get Hit Again

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Researchers have long known the MTA was vulnerable to a big storm.

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Patrick Cashin, MTA / Reuters / Landov

The floodwaters of Sandy highlighted the vulnerability of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which oversees New York's subway, the Long Island Railroad, and Metro North, to a sizable storm surge and rising ocean levels.

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