Photos provided by another Sutherland resident, Ava Nguyen, appear to show that a second ceiling tile collapsed to the left of the first.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t <\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo broken ceiling tiles sit atop a wet carpet near Sutherland Hall’s east entrance on Thursday, Sept. 3.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n At the Recreation and Wellness Center, water appeared to seep under the building\u2019s revolving doors on the fifth floor. The patio between the building and a hill leading up to Panther Hall was also heavily flooded. Students reported seeing the water flow downhill, creep toward the front desk and nearly reach the adjacent ID scanners.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was yellow-ish water getting all over the floor, and I was lucky to get across it,\u201d Shuda Zhong, an electrical and computer engineering PhD student, said.<\/p>\n Harita Venkatesh, a first-year biochemistry major, also saw the rec center flooding.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the water just collected on [the carpeted area in the front], and it was like muck and brown, and it was just everywhere,\u201d Venkatesh said. \u201cIt just spread out so much.\u201d<\/p>\n First-year economics major Tim Madden said the rec center\u2019s revolving doors were \u201ctotally unusable.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd you could barely see the floor because it was both muddy and flooded,\u201d Madden said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rec center staff were seen using dozens of blue towels to clear the flood.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t <\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRec center staff work to stop the flow of floodwater near the building’s fifth floor entrance on Thursday, Sept. 3.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Nguyen, a first-year nursing major, lives in Sutherland West and had a crack appear above her bed that started leaking into the room.<\/p>\n \u201cI had to put bowls underneath to catch the water, but at that point, my bed was already soaked because the water was coming out pretty quick,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cWhen I called Panther Central about it, they said they had about 50 other people calling about the same issue, so I guess it was a really big issue.\u201d<\/p>\n A representative for Panther Central reached by phone declined to comment on the number of reported leaks in campus buildings.<\/p>\n Ahead of the evening\u2019s storm, Pitt Program Council had planned to put on its annual bonfire and pep rally<\/a> on the Cathedral lawn. The event typically features fireworks and appearances from the Pitt football team in anticipation of the weekend\u2019s season opener.<\/p>\n PPC canceled Thursday\u2019s bonfire, but a representative confirmed the group would look to reschedule. A timeframe for the event\u2019s new date was not provided.<\/p>\n This is a developing story. The Pitt News will publish updates as they become available.<\/p>\n ![\"Heavy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_8848-1200x900.jpg\")
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