Officials say 'unexpected and violent strong winds' damaged infrastructure at a festival site, injuring dozens and killing one person.
One person has been killed and dozens injured after high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival near the Spanish city of Valencia, regional emergency services said.Officials said "extraordinary" weather conditions caused damage to infrastructure at the festivalOther infrastructure was also damaged when wind gusts battered the Medusa Festival, a huge electronic music festival held over six days in the east-coast town of Cullera, south of Valencia.
Of the injured people, three suffered serious trauma injuries and 14 had more minor injuries, regional emergency services tweeted."We are completely devastated and saddened at what happened this morning," organisers said in a statement on the festival's Facebook page. They said "extraordinary" weather conditions had caused damage to various infrastructure on the festival site."At around 4 in the morning unexpected and violent strong winds destroyed certain areas of the festival, forcing management to make the immediate decision to vacate the concert area to guarantee the safety of attendees, workers and artists," organisers said.
"We are in a state of shock because we were 30 metres away [from the stage]," Jesus Carretero, who attended the festival with his brother, told TVE.National weather agency AEMET said there had been "strong gusts of wind and a sudden rise in temperatures" during the night, with gusts of 82 kph recorded at Alicante airport in the Valencia region.
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