Sandy has flooded subway and road tunnels in much of Lower Manhattan.

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In southern Austria, at least 29 people were injured - six seriously - in two accidents inside road tunnels in the state of Styria, ORF reported.

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Hurricane Sandy caused a record surge of seawater in New York City in October, flooding subway and road tunnels and leaving much of Lower Manhattan without power.

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France and Italy promised better safety checks for road tunnels after at least 40 people died when a lorry caught fire in a tunnel under Mont Blanc .

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She told MPs that "all but 1.2 miles" of the proposed high speed route would run through tunnels, cuttings, or alongside major road routes.

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Elsewhere, waters rushed into two of the four tunnels used by the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and NJ Transit under the East River between Manhattan and Queens.

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Special tunnels have been built to allow wildlife to cross the road.

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And all that attention to detail has included building elevated road crossings for the endangered dormice who live on the course, and tunnels under the holes to the River Usk to protect the native toad population.

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