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NEW YORK Fast-moving storms caused major flooding Wednesday morning that overwhelmed New York's subway system.Straphangers were advised to find alternate means of transportation, which effectively stranded thousands on their way to work with no other option but to head home or wait out the suspensions.Every single line of the subway system has been affected by the delays, and officials tell CBS 2 News that it could take hours for the entire system to get back to normal.Floodwaters reached the third rail, spurring a shutdown of the major train lines under New York City.Pumps have been brought in, and crews are working to restore service.After closing down all service through Grand Central Terminal, service was later restored on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines through the Mott Haven area.All service is operating through the area slowly and customers will be significantly delayed coming into Grand Central Terminal.There is extremely limited Hudson Line service from Grand Central Terminal. There continues to be no service out of Grand Central Terminal on the Harlem or New Haven lines because of earlier flooding in the Bronx.The Long Island Rail Road has suspended service on the Port Washington Branch because of flooding in Bayside.LIRR service to Hunterspoint Avenue is suspended due to high water conditions. Trains are being diverted to Long Island City. And the LIRR experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes due to high water conditions just east of the Mineola Station. There were delays of up to an hour and a half at John F. Kennedy International Airport and about an hour at La Guardia due to the earlier storms. Alan Hicks - a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - says there also was some flooding on the roads leading to La Guardia, causing traffic delays getting to the terminals.As in the days of Noah...
