{"id":607146,"date":"2026-04-14T22:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607146\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:34:17","slug":"wallaroos-players-staff-evacuated-from-hotel-due-to-tornado-warning-kansas-city-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607146\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallaroos players, staff evacuated from hotel due to tornado warning, Kansas City, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wallaroos<\/a> and training staff were evacuated from their hotel rooms in Kansas City due to an ongoing tornado warning in the region.<\/p>\n

The team has already had to battle bizarre weather in the Pacific Four series after their game in Sacramento against Canada was played in front of zero fans due to lightning strikes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team issued a statement confirming they were evacuated in the evening due to “active tornados” in the Kansas City metro and the state of Missouri on Tuesday (AEST).<\/p>\n

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The Wallaroos trained in Kansas City in gusty and dry conditions on Tuesday morning before the weather alert was issued for the region.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A tornado alert is in place for Kansas City. \u00a0KMOV<\/p>\n

“The Wallaroos…(were) evacuated from their hotel rooms in the evening due to active tornados in the region,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“Players and staff were able to return to their rooms after an hour with the tornado warning still in place until 11pm local time.”<\/p>\n

The USA’s National Weather Service has a continuous alert for the area, with both Kansas and Missouri part of the traditional ‘tornado alley’ that is set in the Great Plains of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

\"Emily<\/p>\n

The Wallaroos have been playing in wild weather games. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Severe storms and tornados caused damage south of the Kansas City metro, with at least 8000 people losing power.<\/p>\n

When asked by media, Samantha Wood spoke about the game in Sacramento and the “shock” of playing during the heavy rain and storm.<\/p>\n

“It was a bit of a shock having to go, warm up, then get pulled back off the field,” the scrumhalf admitted.<\/p>\n

“You’re soaking wet and then having to do that again. I think we adapted really well to it but it was a massive shock for us.<\/p>\n

“Because we’re just sitting down, waiting, conserving energy, hoping that the game’s going to go ahead.<\/p>\n

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\"Nicole<\/p>\n

Nicole Ledington of the Wallaroos is tackled by Taylor Perry of Canada.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“And to be honest, there was a part there where I think a few of us were like, ‘I don’t think it’s going to go ahead.’ So, the fact that we just got to play was awesome.”<\/p>\n

The Wallaroos are scheduled to play on Saturday against the United States in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

The game could be cancelled or moved due to active weather warnings in the area, with damaging winds, hail, tornadoes and storm activity forecast until the end of the week, when Australia is set to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wallaroos and training staff were evacuated from their hotel rooms in Kansas City due to an ongoing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-607146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}