{"id":225337,"date":"2026-06-22T23:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225337\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:21:11","slug":"severe-weather-raises-concerns-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup-match-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225337\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe weather raises concerns ahead of FIFA World Cup match in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSevere weather in Philadelphia on Tuesday canceled festivities and raised concerns about possible delays ahead of a FIFA World Cup match between France and Iraq at Philadelphia Stadium.  Fan Fest canceled as conditions worsenThe Philadelphia Fever Fan Fest was canceled as worsening conditions moved into the city, with gusty winds and darkening clouds building during the afternoon near the stadium and surrounding sports complex.  Kickoff for the match was scheduled for 5 p.m.  FIFA weather protocols in placeUnder FIFA weather protocols, fans would be evacuated from their seats and directed to emergency shelter on the concourse if lightning is detected within 8 miles of the stadium. Play would resume only after 30 minutes without lightning.  Despite the weather concerns, crowds gathered outside the stadium ahead of the match.  Mbapp\u00e9, France draw attentionFrance, a two-time World Cup champion, entered the game led by star forward Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who had already scored two goals in the tournament in a victory over Senegal last week.Fans were hoping to see Mbapp\u00e9 in action against Iraq.  Weather remained the main concern heading into kickoff.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Severe weather in Philadelphia on Tuesday canceled festivities and raised concerns about possible delays ahead of a FIFA World Cup match between France and Iraq at Philadelphia Stadium.  <\/p>\n<p>Fan Fest canceled as conditions worsen<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Fever Fan Fest was canceled as worsening conditions moved into the city, with gusty winds and darkening clouds building during the afternoon near the stadium and surrounding sports complex.  <\/p>\n<p>Kickoff for the match was scheduled for 5 p.m.  <\/p>\n<p>FIFA weather protocols in place\t<\/p>\n<p>Under FIFA weather protocols, fans would be evacuated from their seats and directed to emergency shelter on the concourse if lightning is detected within 8 miles of the stadium. Play would resume only after 30 minutes without lightning.  <\/p>\n<p>Despite the weather concerns, crowds gathered outside the stadium ahead of the match.  <\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9, France draw attention<\/p>\n<p>France, a two-time World Cup champion, entered the game led by star forward Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who had already scored two goals in the tournament in a victory over Senegal last week.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 16: Kylian Mbappe #10 of France celebrates scoring his team&amp;apos;s first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group I match between France and Senegal at New York New Jersey Stadium on June 16, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Dan Mullan\/Getty Images)\" title=\"France v Senegal: Group I - FIFA World Cup 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1cd18930-ae23-490f-a1b9-da59bb3b9616.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fans were hoping to see Mbapp\u00e9 in action against Iraq.  <\/p>\n<p>Weather remained the main concern heading into kickoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Severe weather in Philadelphia on Tuesday canceled festivities and raised concerns about possible delays ahead of a FIFA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[97857,21080,14087,97171,97856,2013,97853,2395,68910,33539,34891,97854,69,97852,71,70,83494,97855,1522,4689,13876],"class_list":["post-225337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-attentionfrance","tag-concern","tag-fan","tag-fifa-fan-fest","tag-fifa-weather-protocol","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-fifa-world-cup-match","tag-france","tag-iraq","tag-kickoff","tag-lightning","tag-mbappe","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-fever-fan-fest","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-stadium","tag-philly-fever-fan-fest","tag-severe-weather","tag-stadium","tag-weather-concern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}