Flooding Threatens To Keep Fans Away From U.S.-Germany World Cup Game
By Ashley Dunkak
@AshleyDunkak
CBS DETROIT - Fans who traveled to Brazil for the World Cup game between the United States and Germany could be in for a major disappointment Thursday afternoon.
Massive flooding in Recife, where the game will be held, will reportedly not cause the game to be postponed, but many fans may simply miss out on the game, unable to make it to the stadium because the rain has rendered the roads so dangerous.
ESPN's Jeremy Schaap tweeted that friends and family of U.S. team members have decided not to attend the game because the trip there will be too treacherous.
Good thing we brought life jackets... pic.twitter.com/0JM6dqxQOS
— Jeremy Schaap (@JeremySchaap) June 26, 2014
Dia terrible pic.twitter.com/9ott2GKKnv
— FERNANDO SCHWARTZ #nuncabajolosbrazos (@fersch_4) June 26, 2014
The plagues continue. In Manaus it was the swarm of locusts, in Recife the flood @JeremySchaap needs to repent pic.twitter.com/IcTdSyWHLD
— Jim Witalka (@jwitalka) June 26, 2014
WHOA MT @StanCollymore: 2 feet of water on the streets of Recife. Hammered it down all morning @talkSPORT #GER v #USA pic.twitter.com/OJUfhgWxeT
— Upper 90 Soccer Show (@Upper90Show) June 26, 2014
Impossible to drive pic.twitter.com/LZKgT7Se2C
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) June 26, 2014
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) June 26, 2014
The typical scene in Recife this morning. #WorldCup2014 pic.twitter.com/r7XBKJCYU4
— Brett Martel (@brettmartel) June 26, 2014
#US fans en route pic.twitter.com/t8hRNJukQt
— Brett Martel (@brettmartel) June 26, 2014
The game is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. ET.