Other infrastructure was also damaged when the gusts hit 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, three suffered serious injuries and 14 had more minor injuries, regional emergency services said on Twitter. Regional health authorities later said 40 people had been visited. “We are completely devastated and saddened by what happened this morning,” organizers said in a statement on the festival’s Facebook page. They said the “extraordinary” weather had caused damage to infrastructure at the festival site. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. “At around four in the morning, unexpected and violent strong winds damaged some areas of the festival, forcing management to take the immediate decision to evacuate the concert venue to guarantee the safety of attendees, workers and artists,” organizers said. The festival has been called off for now, they said. National broadcaster TVE showed images of strong gusts of wind battering people’s tents in the middle of the night. “We are in a state of shock because we were 30 meters away [from the stage]. It could have been me, it could have been anyone,” Jesus Carretero, who attended the festival with his brother, told TVE. The national weather service said there were “strong gusts of wind and a sudden rise in temperature” overnight, with gusts of 51 mph recorded at Alicante airport in the Valencia region.
