© @DANGBATTLESHIP; @BRETHYDE VIA TWITTERWater poured into the 42nd Street Bryant Park subway station on Monday.
For many commuters, however, heavy rain sent water flooding into the subway system itself to start the week -- and in full torrents rather than just the occasional drip here and there
"As happens during heavy storms like today's, water is entering some stations from the street. We're sending emergency maintenance teams and customer service staff to locations where they're needed," subway administrators tweeted Monday morning.
Monday's rain is part of a system that has brought snow, freezing rain and heavy rain across much of the Northeast and Midwest. New York City was under a flash flood warning until the early afternoon, followed by a flood advisory.
The subway flooding became so severe that trains on some routes bypassed some stations for a time Monday. Below is a sample of what subway riders had to endure for their morning commute.
Comment: For further details of the 2 earlier flooding episodes in March, see: Floods kill 15 people in Kenya, scores of families displaced (VIDEOS)
Heavy rainfall pounds, floods parts of Nairobi, Kenya (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)