More than 70 people have been injured by lightning strikes at a music festival in Germany.
There are calls for the Rock am Ring festival, which takes place in Mendig, around 93 miles (150km) from Frankfurt, to be shut down as more thunderstorms are forecast.
Festival organisers said on Saturday morning that 42 people had been hurt, eight seriously, but the numbers rose to 71 as more fans came forward with injuries.
German news website Deutsche Welle reports 45,000 music fans had gathered for the event, which was interrupted by extreme weather for at least half an hour on Friday.
However, a festival spokeswoman has reportedly dismissed claims that the rest of the three-day festival will be called off.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Black Sabbath are among the acts at the event, which is in its 31st year.
The latest injuries come after severe weather and flooding in parts of Europe left 16 people dead.
Eleven of those killed were in Germany, two in France, two in Romania and one in Belgium.
In France, a state of natural catastrophe has been declared and tourist attraction closed, after the River Seine swelled to unusually high levels and water spilled on to the streets of Paris.
Water levels have begun to decrease, but officials say it could take days for the river to go down to normal levels.
One of the France's worst affected regions is Loiret, not far from the capital, where more than 5,000 have now been forced to leave their homes.
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