{"id":301602,"date":"2025-10-14T03:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301602\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:32:17","slug":"severe-storm-forces-phoenix-zoo-closure-structures-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301602\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe storm forces Phoenix Zoo closure, structures damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Rolling thunderstorms in the Valley caused serious damage to the Phoenix Zoo on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen trees were knocked over, debris was scattered throughout the zoo and many areas were flooded, according to a release.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo will be closed for the next two days as cleanup and restoration efforts take place.<\/p>\n<p>What was damaged at the Phoenix Zoo?<\/p>\n<p>No animals were injured but multiple structures sustained damage because of .<\/p>\n<p>A 50-foot-tall structure, which resembles a floating tree, fell into the zoo\u2019s main lake.<\/p>\n<p>Photos showed it laying completely sideways in the body of water.<\/p>\n<p>The ZooLights light tunnel also sustained damage.<\/p>\n<p>Zoo keepers credited for keeping animals safe<\/p>\n<p>All of the animals were taken to their night houses during the storm by the staff of zookeepers.<\/p>\n<p>The structures held strong and the wellbeing of all the animals was ensured.<\/p>\n<p>Zookeepers will turn their efforts toward making sure the zoo is in shape to serve visitors safely in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomkuebelaz\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @tomkuebelaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? Pass it along to the KTAR News team <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/phoenix-zoo-severe-storm\/5761260\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 Rolling thunderstorms in the Valley caused serious damage to the Phoenix Zoo on Monday. More than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":301603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[7155,5229,5643,1587,316,1589,7154,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-301602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-92-3-ktar","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-home","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-phoenix-and-arizona-breaking-news-and-news-headlines-home","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115370416214605951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301602","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=301602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}