{"id":261352,"date":"2026-08-08T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261352\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:00:07","slug":"two-rafters-rescued-after-caught-in-rising-waters-during-storm-in-allentown-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261352\/","title":{"rendered":"Two rafters rescued after caught in rising waters during storm in Allentown | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8212; Two rafters are safe after getting caught in rising waters during a storm in Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>According to Allentown Fire Captain Jon Hammel, the pair called 911 after water levels rose quickly, leaving them clinging to a rock.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue teams from both Allentown and Bethlehem launched boats from Canal Park to reach them.<\/p>\n<p>The rafters managed to make it to a nearby island, where emergency crews safely brought them ashore at the Sand Island Launch.<\/p>\n<p>EMS evaluated both individuals at the scene, and officials say neither required hospitalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8212; Two rafters are safe after getting caught in rising waters during a storm in Allentown.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232],"class_list":["post-261352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261352","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=261352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}