{"id":302321,"date":"2025-10-14T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302321\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:55:20","slug":"phoenix-zoo-to-close-temporarily-after-storms-cause-extensive-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302321\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Zoo to close temporarily after storms cause extensive damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixzoo.org\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNaZnlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFoeWIzbUNHQjJrUEJ5a0FPAR5XmlMYX2Bv8LTKGSWPaFrrU7Jfp6CrYymJKZyRA6QEOF1RbE-broRbAtAnxw_aem_QsOsd4fb7mG47I90SJ8foQ\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixzoo.org\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNaZnlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFoeWIzbUNHQjJrUEJ5a0FPAR5XmlMYX2Bv8LTKGSWPaFrrU7Jfp6CrYymJKZyRA6QEOF1RbE-broRbAtAnxw_aem_QsOsd4fb7mG47I90SJ8foQ\">Phoenix Zoo<\/a> is being forced to shut its doors after a sudden storm swept through the area on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Although the zoo sustained significant damage, no animals, guests, staff or volunteers were hurt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Linda Hardwick with the Phoenix Zoo said all the animals are accounted for, thanks to the quick thinking of the staff to move them into their enclosed night houses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The storm caused more than a dozen trees to fall down. There is also significant damage to the sidewalks and infrastructure across the zoo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In addition to flooding and widespread debris, the 50-foot-tall digital floating tree on the zoo\u2019s main lake was knocked over. The ZooLights light tunnel was also damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The zoo will be closed for the next two days to focus on cleanup and restoration efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are incredibly thankful for the dedication of our staff and the safety of our animals &#8211; and we look forward to welcoming members and guests back soon,\u201d Hardwick said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AZFamily) \u2014 The Phoenix Zoo is being forced to shut its doors after a sudden storm swept&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":302322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,7182,153575,4415,8580,1589,7183,87592,3883,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313,153576],"class_list":{"0":"post-302321","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-azfamily","12":"tag-business-shut-down","13":"tag-closure","14":"tag-flooding","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-phoenix-news","17":"tag-phoenix-zoo","18":"tag-storms","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-weather","26":"tag-zoo-closed"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115371922237979849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302321","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=302321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}