- A 28-year-old reveller has been killed and another 20 after 40mph winds blasted through a Spanish festival
- Organisers have suspended the Medusa Festival in Cullera south of Valencia following 4am sandstorm
- The gusts brought down several heavy metallic structures, including the entrance billboard
- It comes as the worst drought to hit Europe in half a millennium wreaks havoc across the mainland
A 28-year-old reveller has been killed and another 20 are injured after heavy 40mph winds brought down part of the stage at a Spanish music festival - as wildfires and droughts sweep Europe in the Continent's worst climate crisis in 500 years.
Organisers have suspended the Medusa Festival, a huge five-day electronic music festival held over six days in the east coast town of Cullera south of Valencia whose headline acts this year included French DJ David Guetta, in the aftermath of the horrific 4am sandstorm.
The gusts brought down several heavy metallic structures, including the entrance billboard, and killed one man and several revellers
Of the injured, at least three suffered serious trauma injuries and the rest had more minor injuries, regional emergency services tweeted.
It comes as the worst drought to hit Europe in half a millennium wreaks havoc across the mainland, leaving rivers and lakes dusty and dry and causing huge wildfires.
Europe's western, central and southern regions have experienced no significant rainfall in two months and it's showing. Major arteries like the Danube, the Rhine and the Po rivers have seen falling water levels and reservoirs in Spain, once filled with water, are now dry and cracked.
In France, which is enduring its worst drought on record, flames raged through pine forests overnight, illuminating the sky with an intense orange light in the Gironde region, which was already ravaged by flames last month, and in neighboring Landes. More than 26 square miles have burned since Tuesday.