Kansas City [Missouri], June 15: England players were confined to indoors amid a "deadly" tornado warning on their first evening in Kansas City.
Thomas Tuchel's side arrived in the Midwest on Saturday lunchtime after a day and a half off in Florida and held a community training session at their Swope Soccer Village base in blazing sunshine.
But a heavy storm moved in during the early evening and thousands of people in the local area, including the England camp, received an emergency alert on their phones, warning them to take shelter.
They took the advice by staying inside their Inn at Meadowbrook hotel in Prairie Village.
The alerts on the phone read: "Critical. Imminent Threat Alert.
"National Weather Service: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING in effect for this area until 9:00 PM CDT for DESTRUCTIVE 80 mph winds.
"Take shelter in a sturdy building, away from windows. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter.
"For your protection, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building."
The area where England are staying escaped a tornado, but was hit by a heavy storm consisting of high winds, thunder, lightning and heavy rain.
Local TV stations interrupted coverage of Scotland's World Cup clash with Haiti and the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs for minute-by-minute tracking of the storm.
Source: Qatar Tribune
