The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel is flooded from end to end and the Queens Midtown Tunnel also took on water and was closed.

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They take the elephants off, and they walk them through the Queens Midtown Tunnel underneath the East River, along 34th Street to Madison Square Garden.

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The authorities must not only reopen the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, but also ponder whether to put up sea gates or install inflatable plugs to protect it.

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