Rock music festival in Germany suspended due to lightning strike in which more than 70 injured

Lightning strikes during a rock music festival in Germany compelled the organizers to suspend the program - more than 70 people have been injured, some of them seriously. It was the Rock am Ring festival, which takes place in Mendig located about 93 miles (150km) from Frankfurt and there was a demand to shut it down as more thunderstorms are forecast.
As indicated by the festival organizers, 42 people had been hurt, eight seriously, but the numbers rose to 71 as more fans came forward with injuries.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 4 June 2016.

There was a crowd of nearly 45,000 music fans who had gathered for the event and it was interrupted by extreme weather for at least half an hour. Initially, claims that the rest of the three-day festival would be called off were dismissed but, it was later confirmed that it would be suspended because of concerns about more bad weather.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Black Sabbath are scheduled to perform at the event which is in its 31st year.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

Some more interesting links -

World's smallest porpoise of Mexico is on the verge of extinction

Coca-Cola to stop production of its beverage in Venezuela because of sugar shortage

Melting of Totten Glacier due to global warming could raise sea levels by three meters


Moody’s mind flits from Black Money to White House (satire)

Lord Shiva and Durga on home delivery and drones (satire)

Didi plans new conquests via Rabindrasangeet (satire)


Daniel Craig is through with James Bond - turns down £68 million offer from MGM

Snoop Dogg and Lucy Liu will be seen together in thriller 'Future World'

Kavita Kaushik to play the role of an Army doctor in TV show “Dr. Bhanumati on Duty”


Was the EgyptAir crash an act of terrorism by the ISIS?

Suicide bombings in Baghdad kill 43 - brings total death in 7 days to more than 145

One more Chibok girl rescued - she was kidnapped along with 275 others in April 2014