{"id":399,"date":"2026-10-15T14:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:11:21","slug":"flooding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/emergency-actions-guide\/flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood or Water Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the event of flooding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do not walk, ride, bike, swim, or drive through flood waters. Turn Around. Don\u2019t Drown!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid flooded roads, paths, and sidewalks. These areas could be damaged under the floodwaters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remember, just six inches of moving water can knock you down, and one foot of moving water can sweep your vehicle away.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize flooding dangers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notify URI Public Safety at (401) 874-4910 to report flooding conditions on campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For water leaks, also see <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/emergency-actions-guide\/utility-outage-or-emergency\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"409\">Utility Emergency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-breakout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-breakout use-content-width  \"><div class=\"content-width\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resource<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/floods\">Floods | Ready.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the event of flooding: For water leaks, also see Utility Emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5322,"featured_media":0,"parent":568,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions\/653"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}