Sun. Apr 13th, 2025

TEN people have been seriously injured and four are fighting for their lives after lightning struck a river bank in Germany overnight.

An earlier strike at a campsite saw 38 children rushed to hospital as 700 youngsters were evacuated.

AlamyA large contingent of emergency services are deployed near the Elbe in Dresden[/caption]

Lightning is said to have struck after 5pm on Monday during a storm on the banks of the Carus near the Rosengarten, a rural municipality with a population of some 13,000 near Hamburg.

Two men, aged 27 and 30, had to be resuscitated after they suffered cardiac arrest, a fire department spokesman said on Monday evening.

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