{"id":462621,"date":"2016-03-10T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=462621"},"modified":"2016-03-11T16:21:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T22:21:31","slug":"downed-power-lines-close-tyler-roadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=462621","title":{"rendered":"City of Tyler Continues Disaster Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/03\/cityoftyler.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-462740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/03\/cityoftyler-175x200.png\" alt=\"cityoftyler\" width=\"175\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-462740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/03\/cityoftyler-175x200.png 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/03\/cityoftyler-394x450.png 394w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/03\/cityoftyler.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The City of Tyler is continuing a disaster declaration issued Thursday as a result of heavy rains experienced this week.  Officials say more than five inches of rain fell, causing trees to lose ground and creeks to overflow.  Those creeks and channels have also suffered from erosion as the swift waters flowed.  Assessment of affected storm water systems will be evaluated when the water level subsides, according to a city news release.   \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Total damages have yet to be assessed as the flood waters have not receded in certain parts of the City,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Fire Chief Tim Johnson as quoted in the news release.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All departments are working tirelessly to make sure roads and services remain operational.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Heavily traveled roads were cleared of debris by the end of the business day Wednesday.  However, damage to City parks, roadworks and wastewater treatment facilities that were flooded during the rains has not yet been determined as waters have not yet receded in some areas.   \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Once Oncor clears the fallen live electrical wires, the Street Department should have the Tanglewood\/Rosewood area cleared sometime today,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Robin Smart, Street operations manager, according to the news release.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bonner at Locust will remain closed throughout the rain event.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  Meantime, Tyler Police have issued a warning to drivers to avoid the area of Grande Boulevard from Highway 155 to Old Jacksonville. The area is closed off after power lines fell in the roadway. The Tyler Police Department urges drivers to use caution due to the weather and avoid this area. <\/p>\n<p>Citizens are urged to follow some safety tips during this time:<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7         If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to be on the roads, please stay indoors.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7         Avoid streets that have standing or flowing water.  Turn around, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t drown.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00b7         Monitor your local weather station to keep abreast of current conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153As rain continues to fall, the impact to public infrastructure will grow,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d added Chief Johnson.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Staff continues to respond to issues throughout the City and is calculating damages.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The City of Tyler is continuing a disaster declaration issued Thursday as a result of heavy rains experienced this week. Officials say more than five inches of rain fell, causing trees to lose ground and creeks to overflow. Those creeks and channels have also suffered from erosion as the swift waters flowed. Assessment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=462621\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">City of Tyler Continues Disaster Declaration<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":462740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 07:48:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=462621"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463248,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462621\/revisions\/463248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/462740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=462621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=462621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=462621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}