{"id":192053,"date":"2026-05-14T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192053\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:00:13","slug":"flood-gate-siren-test-scheduled-in-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192053\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood gate, siren test scheduled in Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WBRE;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WBRE\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Wed, May 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wbre_articles_226\/f9f4f2f53f279129903dd25bff1dfac4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 With rain in the forecast, Scranton is making sure its flood protection systems work. The city will test its levee flood closure and flood siren systems on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Closing the emergency flood walls will cause some traffic disruptions at each location during testing.<\/p>\n<p>The city wants to remind everyone this is just a test to make sure the systems are up and running in case of a real emergency.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:9 dead animals discovered outside home, charges filed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/9-dead-animals-discovered-outside-160551250.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a09 dead animals discovered outside home, charges filed\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you know, being able to close these structures in a timely fashion to protect the communities that are behind the federal levee system is crucial, and the only way we can get better if it is actually exercising that process,\u201d Scranton Fire Department Chief John Judge explained.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are advised that the following roads will be impacted by the testing and to find alternate routes:<\/p>\n<p>Parker Street bridge between Amelia Avenue and Carter Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Sanderson Avenue bridge between Race Street and Detty Street<\/p>\n<p>Albright Avenue bridge between Court Street and Meylert Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Poplar Street bridge between Sanderson Avenue and 7th Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Olive Street bridge between Gordon Avenue and Love Road<\/p>\n<p>Testing will begin Friday at 9:00 a.m. and last until about 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, May 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 With rain in the forecast,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84934,178,21701,180,179],"class_list":["post-192053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-flood-protection","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-fire-department","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}