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These photographs show the powerful thunderstorm that struck Finland in the middle of a heavy metal festival. 

 

If festival-goers thought Glastonbury was plagued with bad whether then these images will make them think again.
Forty people were injured during the Sonisphere festival in the town of Pori as the thunderstorm and heavy rain fell from the sky.
One of the stages was damaged in the storm, also ruining several bands’ equipment, including Motley Crue’s.
Organisers released a statement saying: ‘A severe thunderstorm hit (the) Sonisphere Festival in Pori, Finland.
‘Strong freak wind gusts damaged the stages and knocked down tents and fences. 

Approximately 40 people were injured, two of them seriously.’
The festival saw 30,000 fans arrive to see performances by Iron Maiden, Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper but Motley Crue was forced to cancel their gig due to the stage damage.
A spokesman for the Met Office told the Daily Mail: ‘Storms of this intensity only occur with large towering cumulonimbus clouds, and looking at the pictures this was a particularly large storm, known as a super cell.’

See more pictures of the storm here: