NEW YORK CITY — Sleet and freezing rain turned the city into a slushy mess Monday, snarling transit and even sparking a manhole explosion in Brooklyn.
Here's the latest on what's happening:
► The National Weather Service that snow was expected to accumulate over sleet and slush and roads could become dangerous.
"All roads that have standing water or slush will quickly become icy...making travel treacherous," the NWS said in a statement.
As of 9 a.m., there was more than a tenth of an inch of ice in Jamaica, Queens and smaller amounts elsewhere in the city. Around 5 inches of snow had also fallen as of the morning.
The snow was expected to taper off around 6 p.m. as temperatures dipped into the teens overnight with wind chills around 0 degrees.
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► The storm sent parts of the MTA into a tailspin with the entire 7 line was shut down Monday morning due to ice on the third rail.
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As of 3:30 p.m., limited service had been restored between 74th Street and Flushing-Main Street, the MTA said.
“Right now we’re running test trains and seeing if we can restore service in the near future,” said MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz, who added that the agency was working to get service restored by the evening rush. “We’ll do our best to get everyone home safely.”
There was no timeline for full service restoration.
In the meantime, riders were urged to take the E, F, R, N and Q trains or the Q32 and Q60 buses.
The agency was also running shuttle buses between Queensboro Plaza and 74th Street and shuttle train service between 74th Street and Main Street.
An MTA spokesman said that express service would be curtailed Monday evening so that trains could be stored underground. All trains would be running local by 8 p.m., but are expected to be back to regular service by the morning.
Local bus service was expected to run at 90 percent and express bus service at 100 percent.
There were also several delays on other lines due to signal and switch problems, but the MTA said it was not clear if they were weather-related.
The Long Island Rail Road also tweeted that ice was "causing delays system-wide." There were no cancelations as of 3:30 p.m.
► The city's Sanitation Department and Office of Emergency Management ask for help clearing waterlogged streets at an afternoon press conference, worried that plunging temperatures could lead to sheets of ice.
"If anyone can help the water get to a catch basin that could be really helpful," Kathryn Garcia, the Sanitation Commissioner said.
► A manhole explosion near Prospect Park hurled a heavy metal cover into the air that struck a man in the head. The man sustained minor injuries and was taken to Lutheran hospital, according to the Fire Department.
Con Edison said that the explosion was likely weather-related.
► Officials from the Port Authority said that almost 400 departures and arrivals were canceled at JFK and LaGuardia airports as of 1:55 P.M., about 10 percent of flights on a normal weekday.
