{"id":301458,"date":"2025-10-14T02:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301458\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:13:18","slug":"phoenix-zoo-temporarily-closed-following-storm-damage-during-mondays-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301458\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Zoo temporarily closed following storm damage during Monday&#8217;s storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 A <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/region-southeast-valley\/tempe\/powerful-microburst-devastate-parts-of-tempe-as-monday-storms-pushed-through\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">powerful microburst<\/a> swept through Tempe on Monday as storms passed, causing extensive damage. <\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix Zoo was also impacted by the storm&#8217;s remnants, prompting a temporary closure.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760407995_680_\" alt=\"Damage to walking paths caused by Monday's storm.\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Zoo <\/p>\n<p>        Damage to walking paths caused by Monday&#8217;s storm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Phoenix Zoo sustained significant damage during Monday afternoon\u2019s sudden storm. We are deeply grateful to share that\u00a0<b>no animals, guests, staff, or volunteers were harmed<\/b>. All animals are safely accounted for, and our incredible keeper team acted swiftly to bring them into their night houses and ensure their wellbeing, as well as the wellbeing of those who remain outside,\u201d read a statement from the zoo officials sent to ABC15.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760407997_797_\" alt=\"Storm damage at the Phoenix Zoo. \"  width=\"1280\" height=\"960\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Zoo<\/p>\n<p>        Storm damage at the Phoenix Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>According to zoo officials, the venue will stay closed for the next two days &#8220;out of an abundance of caution&#8221; to facilitate cleanup and restoration efforts.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760407998_50_\" alt=\"According to zoo officials, the venue will stay closed for the next two days &quot;out of an abundance of caution.&quot; Cleanup and restoration efforts are underway at the zoo. \"  width=\"1084\" height=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Zoo <\/p>\n<p>        According to zoo officials, the venue will stay closed for the next two days &#8220;out of an abundance of caution.&#8221; Cleanup and restoration efforts are underway at the zoo.<\/p>\n<p>More Things to Do stories:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 A powerful microburst swept through Tempe on Monday as storms passed, causing extensive damage. The Phoenix&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":301459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-301458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115370105739453262","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301458","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=301458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}