Lightning Strikes Rock Am Ring Festival In Germany; 71 Injured
June 4, 2016, 8 years ago
According to TruNews, the sold-out Rock Am Ring Festival in Germany (Mendig, near the Nuerburgring motor racing track), was halted for five hours on Saturday with organizers urging more than 90,000 fans to seek shelter in cars and tents as another thunderstorm approached hours after lightning strikes injured 71 people.
Volbeat, Disturbed, Amon Amarth, Shinedown and more were set to perform today.
Festival organizers told a news conference that performances would resume after the storm blew over, and said they had warned some 92,500 participants before arriving to be prepared for bad weather.
“We are not considering cancelling the festival,” said spokeswoman Katharina Wenisch.
Black Sabbath headline the event tomorrow.
