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  "id": "2025-07-31-temple-university-mcgonigle-hall-flooding",
  "slug": "temple-university-mcgonigle-hall-flooding-2025-07-31",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Temple University",
    "shortName": "Temple",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TUalert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-07-31",
    "type": "infrastructure",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Pearson/McGonigle Hall closed for flooding from burst pipe",
    "headlinePublic": "Pearson/McGonigle Hall closed for flooding from burst pipe",
    "summary": "Temple [TUalert](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1951029263047458958) closed McGonigle Hall for flooding, later clarifying Pearson/McGonigle closed due to a burst pipe.",
    "outcome": "Building remained closed for the evening; update promised on reopen.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-07-31T17:16:39-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: McGonigle Hall will remain closed for the rest of the evening. Use caution. Avoid the area. Police are responding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1951029263047458958",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert on X",
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      ],
      "characterCount": 127
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-07-31T18:31:00-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: CLARIFICATION -- Pearson/McGonigle Hall is closing today due to flooding related to a burst pipe. An update will be sent when the building reopens.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1951047975683145818",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert on X",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from @TempleAlert 1951047975683145818"
      ],
      "characterCount": 160
    }
  ],
  "context": "Temple TUalert via @TempleAlert.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete TUalertEMER short-form text"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1951029263047458958",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert account",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "TUalert update",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1951047975683145818",
      "type": "official-social"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "flooding",
    "burst-pipe",
    "tualert",
    "temple"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}