Remember Irene? MTA begins plans for NY landfall of Hurricane Sandy

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The latest path forecast for Sandy.

The MTA has already begun making contingency plans for Hurricane Sandy, which could cause gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and possibly snow in New York early next week, officials said.

"The planning has started," said MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota this morning in an interview on WNYC.

He said he's already had two meetings to devise a plan for the storm, which hit Cuba this morning and could climb the eastern seaboard.

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Several models show Hurricane Sandy on a path to hit the New York area.

Those plans include where to store buses in the event of flooding, how to handle trains in Lower Manhattan if water rises above sea level and how many sandbags will be needed.

The MTA famously shut down the entire system for Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, the first time the city's 24-7 subways were closed since Sept. 11, 2001.

Lhota said they have not made plans to shut down the subway for Sandy.

"I don't think we're looking at anything like that for what's happening now," he said.

Sandy – a category 2 storm – landed in Cuba today with winds over 100-miles per hour. It is expected to hit Bahamas next.

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Last year, the MTA shut down the entire tri-state transit system ahead of Tropical Storm Irene.

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