At least 51 people were injured, eight seriously, when lightning struck at a rock festival in Western Germany, on Saturday.
Festival also suffered lightning strikes last year, when 33 people were taken to hospital. Last weekend, 35 people were injured, three seriously, when lightning struck a football match in south-west Germany.
Organizers have given the all-clear for the “Rock am Ring” music festival to continue after a lightning storm injured scores of visitors in western Germany. Meteorologists warn more bad weather could be on the way.
The annual rock festival got underway just after 9:30 p.m. local time (1930 UTC) on Saturday, more than seven hours later than scheduled.
The performances were put on hold earlier in the night after local authorities in the town of Mendig warned a powerful storm was approaching the area.
Central Europe has been hit by severe storms and rain, leading to 11 deaths in Germany.