{"id":242554,"date":"2026-05-09T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/philadelphia-is-planning-to-use-new-flood-monitoring-technology-in-eastwick-and-other-neighborhoods\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:45:07","slug":"philadelphia-is-planning-to-use-new-flood-monitoring-technology-in-eastwick-and-other-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/philadelphia-is-planning-to-use-new-flood-monitoring-technology-in-eastwick-and-other-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia is planning to use new flood monitoring technology in Eastwick and other neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia is planning to use new flood monitoring technology in Eastwick and other neighborhoods<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/eastwick-flood-monitoring-technology-cobbs-creek-tropical-storm-isaias-20260509.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-09 16:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.inquirer.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to article \u2022<\/span>\u00a00:00 min<\/span><\/p>\n

Block captain Brenda Whitfield, 78, barely contained her emotion as new flood monitoring technology was unveiled Saturday morning in the Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia. <\/p>\n

The longtime resident still remembers having to check the nearby Cobbs Creek, holding hands with her two young grandchildren. It wasn\u2019t quality time; it was a survival mechanism developed by years of learning to distrust the rain. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith other people, rain puts you to sleep,\u201d Whitfield said. \u201cIt gives us anxiety, because that means that when it rains we are going to get flooded.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, when the water looked high and turbulent \u2014 or worse, made its way to a light pole halfway to the rowhouses on their block \u2014 the kids knew what to do: Run up and down the nearby streets, knocking on neighbors doors, screaming: \u201cIt\u2019s time to move your cars and bring your stuff out of the basement!\u201d<\/p>\n

Inadvertently, they had become a flood alarm for the people of Eastwick. But, nothing prepared them for the devastation that Tropical Storm Isaias brought in 2020.<\/p>\n

Clothing, piles of damp carpet, furniture, and other household items appeared on the block in the aftermath of the storm. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe were unprepared,\u201d Whitfield said. \u201cThe flood came without a warning and I realized we have to help ourselves because nobody else was coming to help us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the devastation, the local community organized marches and pushed constantly for a government response, she said. They were heard by the city and state representatives.<\/p>\n

After six years, and a couple of prevention projects were delayed by a Trump administration cut to flooding protection grants, the people of Eastwick are finally getting the first of multiple flood gauges and cameras to be installed citywide for flood monitoring. <\/p>\n

How the flood monitoring works<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

This notification pilot project uses a small number of flood sensors and cameras to get real-time information about how likely floods are to happen, said Dominick…<\/p>\n

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