{"id":7912,"date":"2026-07-13T11:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/philadelphia-hit-with-3-flash-floods-in-one-week\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:23:06","slug":"philadelphia-hit-with-3-flash-floods-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/philadelphia-hit-with-3-flash-floods-in-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Hit With 3 Flash Floods in One Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpMwC1T3b6Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia has been hit by three separate flash flooding events in just one week \u2014 and the third was severe enough for Mayor Parker to declare a formal Disaster Emergency.<br \/>\nIt started Monday, July 6, when 2-4 inches of rain fell across Philadelphia, Bucks, and Burlington Counties, closing Kelly Drive, flooding Frankford Creek, suspending SEPTA&#8217;s Trenton line, and generating about 1,000 emergency calls in Camden County alone. This came right after Philly endured its first-ever three-day stretch of 101\u00b0+ heat in records dating back to 1873.<br \/>\nJust three days later, on Thursday, July 9, a second storm broke an actual rainfall record \u2014 Philadelphia International Airport logged 2.40 inches, beating a record that had stood since 1952. More than 300 flights were delayed and nearly 70 canceled.<br \/>\nThen on Saturday, July 11, a fast-moving, severe storm tore roofing off buildings \u2014 including a Philadelphia Housing Authority building that displaced 30 residents \u2014 downed hundreds of trees and power lines, and swept parked cars into poles as floodwaters surged through neighborhoods. Police fielded roughly 3,000 emergency calls. Mayor Parker declared a Disaster Emergency in response.<br \/>\nAll of this despite Philadelphia still sitting about 4 inches below normal rainfall for the year \u2014 a stark swing between drought stress and catastrophic flooding in the same two weeks.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f In this video:<\/p>\n<p>A breakdown of all three flooding events<br \/>\nWhy Philly declared a Disaster Emergency<br \/>\nResident stories of losing everything<br \/>\nWhy the region keeps swinging between drought and flooding<\/p>\n<p>#Philadelphia #FlashFlood #DisasterEmergency #WeatherNews #Philly<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? 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