According to media reports, one person has been killed in a storm at a music festival on Spain’s Mediterranean coast near Valencia. Dozens of people were injured, three more seriously, when violent gusts of wind tore parts of the stage. The ambulance service of the Valencia region announced this on Twitter.
According to the regional health authority, 32 people were treated in hospitals, three of whom were hospitalized.
Video images posted online show spectators fleeing the storm at the festival site near the beach south of Valencia. Parts of the huge stage set were torn loose and whirled through the air, a sandstorm obscured the view. A large scaffold fell on its side.
Rare weather phenomenon
According to the Spanish Weather Service, the storm was a relatively rare phenomenon that was difficult to predict. In this case, air masses from high altitudes would descend at great speed and warm up considerably in the process. Once the air hits the earth’s surface, it spreads in all directions and there are extremely strong gusts of wind.
festival canceled
The Medusa Festival with electronic dance music, where tens of thousands of mostly young participants came mainly from Spain, was canceled on Saturday. The organizers said they were “completely devastated and stunned” by the events and expressed their “deep and heartfelt condolences” to all families and friends affected.
The safety of participants, workers and performers has always been “absolute priority”. “For this reason and because this is still our maxim, the organization of the Medusa Festival has made the decision to cancel our festival for good. The adverse and unexpected weather conditions that are expected to persist morally and responsibly throughout the day force us to to end this year’s edition,” it said.
Source: Krone
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