{"id":1008534,"date":"2026-08-18T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1008534\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:48:23","slug":"philadelphia-neighborhood-may-finally-get-some-flood-relief-yale-climate-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1008534\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia neighborhood may finally get some flood relief \u00bb Yale Climate Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transcript:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Philadelphia\u2019s Eastwick neighborhood, heavy rain is cause for alarm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson: \u201cIf we\u2019re looking outdoors and the rain is coming hard, everyone is in a panic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lifelong resident <a href=\"https:\/\/prcceh.upenn.edu\/people\/donna-johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donna Johnson<\/a> says during storms, water rushes in from upstream and fills the creeks in Eastwick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It overflows the banks, flooding streets and homes in the low-lying area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the risks are growing as climate change causes more intense rain and rising seas worsen storm surge flooding from the nearby Delaware River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a long time, residents have pushed for the city to address the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson: \u201cIt took so long for this concern to be a concern of more than just the neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But finally, momentum is building. The city has partnered with residents to develop a set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/media\/20260507104041\/eastwick-flood-resilience-strategy-report.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposed solutions<\/a> that was released this spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It includes building an earthen levee, improving stormwater drainage, creating a wetland park to absorb water, and offering buyouts to help people in the most vulnerable spots move to higher ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a long road ahead to secure funding and implement the projects. But Johnson\u2019s committed to keeping at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson: \u201cI love my neighborhood. \u2026 It\u2019s home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reporting credit: Sarah Kennedy \/ ChavoBart Digital Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transcript: In Philadelphia\u2019s Eastwick neighborhood, heavy rain is cause for alarm. Johnson: \u201cIf we\u2019re looking outdoors and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1008535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,16217,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1008534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-flood","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117116358280039468","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1008535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}