Explosion reported from New York's Manhattan

December 11, 2017

New York emergency authorities were responding to reports of an explosion at New York's Port Authority, one of the city's busiest commuter hubs, during Monday morning's rush hour.

Local news channel WABC cited police officials as saying a possible pipe bomb detonated in a passageway below ground at Port Authority.

The New York Police Department said in its official Twitter feed that there was an explosion of unknown origin and that some subway train lines were being evacuated.