{"id":242076,"date":"2026-07-13T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/242076\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:03:09","slug":"powerful-microbursts-topple-trees-onto-cars-homes-and-roads-across-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/242076\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Microbursts Topple Trees Onto Cars, Homes and Roads Across Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cleanup was underway across Philadelphia on Sunday, July 12, after powerful <a data-ylk=\"slk:microbursts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/cleanup-underway-after-severe-storms-damage-homes-topple-trees-across-philly\/4432096\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">microbursts<\/a> toppled trees onto vehicles, homes, and roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Footage shows massive trunks and branches strewn across cars and streets as crews cleared debris and reopened roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The National Weather Service <a data-ylk=\"slk:issued;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWS_MountHolly\/status\/2076015506109108343?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">issued<\/a> flash flood warnings for the area on Saturday as destructive straight-line winds swept through the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mayor Cherelle Parker <a data-ylk=\"slk:declared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PhillyMayor\/status\/2076318509651419290?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">declared<\/a> a Disaster Emergency, saying city crews would continue working around the clock to clear hazards, restore services, support affected neighborhoods, and assess damage. Credit: Karen Closkey via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleanup was underway across Philadelphia on Sunday, July 12, after powerful microbursts toppled trees onto vehicles, homes, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9537,103769,103770,3687,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-242076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-cherelle-parker","tag-flash-flood-warnings","tag-massive-trunks","tag-national-weather-service","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242076","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=242076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}