Other infrastructure was also damaged in the early hours of Saturday when gusts hit the Medusa Festival, a huge electronic music festival held over six days in the east coast town of Cullera. The festival, where French DJ David Guetta was due to play on Saturday, had DJs scheduled to play throughout the night on Friday across five stages. Of the injured, three suffered serious injuries and 14 had more minor injuries, regional emergency services said. 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 conditions had caused damage to various infrastructure at the festival site. “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 suspended for now, they added. DJ Miguel Serna was on the main stage from 3am to 4am when the incident happened. Strong winds affected the festival, causing attendees to leave early (Reuters) “It was an intense few minutes. I’ve never experienced anything like it,” he wrote in an Instagram story on Saturday. “Tragedy happened right at the end of my session on the main stage, right below her, who was most affected [area]. There were some scary moments. I’m still in shock.” 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 was at the festival with his brother, told TVE. National weather service Aemet said there were “strong gusts of wind and a sudden rise in temperature” overnight, with gusts of 82 km/h (51 mph) recorded at Alicante airport in the Valencia region.
