{"id":949166,"date":"2026-07-21T07:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/949166\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:27:17","slug":"city-opens-resource-center-to-help-those-affected-by-recent-microbursts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/949166\/","title":{"rendered":"City opens resource center to help those affected by recent microbursts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The city is holding a resource center on Monday in West Philadelphia for those who were affected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/philly-severe-storms-building-collapse-downed-trees\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">damaging microburst storms<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The center is open on Monday, July 20, at the Wynnefield Library on Overbrook Avenue from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>At least four severe microbursts with 70 mph straight-line winds brought down trees and power lines and damaged properties in West and South Philadelphia on July 11.<\/p>\n<p>Various city and state agencies will be at the resource center to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/southeast-asian-market-fdr-park-microbursts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">residents and businesses who are recovering from the storms<\/a>. Two other resource center pop-ups were held over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Gwendolyn has lived in the neighborhood for 50 years and said she was happy to hear the city was offering help at the Wynnefield Public Library. She\u2019s on a fixed income and can\u2019t afford the repairs \u2014 several trees were ripped up in her backyard. <\/p>\n<p>Sonya and her 9-year-old son echoed that sentiment. They said a tree fell through their roof into their kitchen.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a big mess, and I don\u2019t have the funds to fix it,\u201d Sonya said. <\/p>\n<p>People can receive help with replacing important documents or asking insurance questions. They can also get connected with mental health professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent Hughes hopes more people will come out. The Office of Emergency Management organized tables from PECO, the Water Department, Share Food Program, and even tree removal services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t sit in your suffering. Come out and get help and connect with other people,\u201d Hughes said. <\/p>\n<p>The city declared a disaster emergency following the microbursts and received nearly 1,000 damage reports from residents. State emergency officials will determine whether the city can receive state funds to help cover the costs. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/philadelphia-replace-trees-microbursts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The city is holding a resource center on Monday in West Philadelphia for those&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":949167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,82142,8095,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":["post-949166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-city-of-philadelphia","tag-microburst","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-weather"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116956787206245434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949166","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=949166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}