{"id":247669,"date":"2026-07-20T13:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247669\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:37:08","slug":"city-opens-resource-center-to-help-those-affected-by-recent-microbursts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247669\/","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>The center is open on Monday, July 20, at the Wynnefield Library on Overbrook Avenue from 11 a.m. to 8 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>People can receive help with replacing important documents or asking insurance questions. They can also get connected to mental health professionals.<\/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>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/philadelphia-replace-trees-microbursts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">City promises to replace all trees knocked down during microbursts<\/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":2,"featured_media":247670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[35226,103701,69,71,70,1133],"class_list":["post-247669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-city-of-philadelphia","tag-microburst","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247669","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=247669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}