{"id":2465,"date":"2026-07-12T22:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:39:33","slug":"the-southeast-asian-market-in-fdr-park-sustained-heavy-damage-from-saturdays-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2465","title":{"rendered":"The Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park sustained heavy damage from Saturday\u2019s storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Sokah McNear had just handed a customer a spiral potato from her stand at the Southeast Asian Market in South Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon when her husband pointed to the dark clouds that had suddenly gathered in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2463\">Pa. lawmakers have approved a $50.8 billion state budget, delaying addressing key issues<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018OK, this is your last potato,\u2019\u201d recalled McNear, the vice president of the vendors\u2019 association at the long-running outdoor market in FDR Park. She switched off her stove, and nearly a dozen friends and family members who had been working the stall with her started to pack up. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Within minutes, they were caught in a torrential downpour. Then came the winds, whipping through dozens of tents across the market. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>McNear and her family were struggling to keep their tent from flying away when another vendor raced by, yelling that it was no longer safe to stay outside. As branches cracked and fell from nearby trees, they abandoned the tent and ran to their car.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe sat in there for maybe five minutes. Then we came out and saw the devastation,\u201d McNear recounted on Sunday. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>All of the market\u2019s 53 tents were damaged. Tables were overturned, with ruined food and clothing scattered throughout the market. Two vendors suffered minor injuries when a tree branch fell on their tent. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Flying debris left a cut on a customer\u2019s nose, said Sonetha Svay, who sells cookies and bagels at the market. \u201cEverything was just flying. We really didn\u2019t know what to do \u2014 we just hung on,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Eventually, she sheltered in her car with the woman and two other customers. A tree branch also fell on a tent near hers, she said, but the vendors working there had already fled.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Afterward, Svay, McNear, and other vendors picked through what was left of the market in shock.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Melissa Mgar, the vendors\u2019 association secretary, had raced home with her three young children after a falling tree branch narrowly missed their car. She returned to find all three of her family\u2019s tents destroyed. \u201cOne was crumpled into a ball,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Food inside coolers had survived, but nearly everything else \u2014 including supplies for barbecue and papaya salad \u2014 was lost.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2461\">Zack Wheeler tosses another gem to defeat Tarik Skubal and Tigers going into the All-Star break<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mgar, who has been selling at the market for more than 20 years, estimated her losses at around $1,500. She said she believed inventory at her neighbor\u2019s clothing tent next door was \u201ccompletely damaged.\u201d Svay also lost her tent and food and estimated damages around $1,000.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Between ruined food and other merchandise and broken tents and equipment, most stalls likely sustained damage between $500 and $1,000, McNear said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Vendors have already been struggling this season with market closures related to high-profile events like the World Cup at the sports stadium complex across the street from FDR Park, McNear said. Food and other supplies are more expensive now, too. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>When she first saw the damage, McNear said, she panicked, worrying that vendors or customers had been injured. Once she made sure no one was seriously hurt, she said, her mind turned to the impact on the market. \u201cThese are people\u2019s livelihoods,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>By Sunday, the market was still closed for safety reasons. \u201cYou don\u2019t want any more of these branches to fall,\u201d McNear said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Most vendors had managed to clean up what was left of their tents. Market organizers were encouraging donations from the public to help vendors rebuild. A \u201cDolla Holla\u201d sale set for next weekend was postponed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Trees had fallen all over the park, and the Friends of FDR Park marshaled volunteers to help clear debris. Park director John Murawski said he was too busy overseeing cleaning operations to comment. On the park\u2019s Instagram account, staff noted that the storm had also caused flooding throughout the park.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>McNear said that the market\u2019s vendors are resilient and determined to bounce back from an unexpected setback. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you see any of the videos [from the market cleanup], everyone is still smiling. Everyone has such a positive attitude. Even with the devastation, we\u2019re helping each other as a community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2459\">The first prison synagogue in the United States can be experienced at Eastern State Penitentiary<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Added Mgar: \u201cAfter the storm, it\u2019s going to be sunshine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sudden, violent storm on Saturday afternoon sent vendors running for cover and damaged tents and merchandise at the long-running outdoor market in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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