A sudden rainstorm made for a soggy evening commute in Washington, D.C., as the Cleveland Park metro station was flooded with calf-deep water.
Videos and screenshots posted to Twitter shows the chaos firsthand:
WATCH:
@fox5dc @unsuckdcmetro #wmata #Safetrack pic.twitter.com/qRPNsh4Oys
— Elliott Katz (@EKatz38) June 21, 2016
Waterfall at Cleveland Park Metro west side #wmata #Unsuckmetro pic.twitter.com/5aud0ILrPE
— Dr. Darryl W Roberts (@dwresearch) June 21, 2016
Bonus points for @wmata for ironic ‘wet floor’ sign at Cleveland Park metro. @unsuckdcmetro @fox5dc pic.twitter.com/Zl2J8JD5r8
— Josh Stanton (@JStantonDC) June 21, 2016
When your commute home puts Titanic to shame. Unlike Jack @wmata definitely let go. Cc @unsuckdcmetro #WheresRose pic.twitter.com/SmyWcmalV1
— Christin Fernandez (@Senorita_Dez) June 21, 2016
The Washington Metro Area Transit Authority has announced that for the time being, trains will be bypassing Cleveland Park due to what it deems a “weather related escalator outage/flooding.”
Cleveland Park station is estimated to handle over 4,000 passengers on a typical day.
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