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For large parts of Northern Germany, the German Weather Service warned of “violent heavy rain” in the night from Wednesday to Thursday (July 31). This is also affected by the area of the Wacken Open Air in the Steinburg district. Rainfall is expected between 35 and 60 liters per square meter. Could these amounts of water end the festival prematurely?
Weather change in Saltatio Mortis
The forecast of German Weather Service truth. When the medieval rock band Saltatio Mortis entered the stage shortly before 10.30 p.m., the weather was dramatically deteriorating. The rain joined the many metal fans in front of the main stage. “You stayed through here all day,” Saltatio-Mortis front man Jörg Roth began, “You are mad!”
The formation from the Main-Kinzig district had imagined this show a little differently. After all, Saltatio Mortis wanted to celebrate its 25th anniversary here with 85,000 festival goers present. “Now we’re already wet. So shit on it!”, Roth swells the metalheads in front of the stage.
Security measures: threatens again?
According to the DWD, the rain warning applies until Thursday morning (July 31) at 6 a.m. The festival organ immediately took short-term security measures. From now on, cars and campers should no longer be moved. Anyone who is now driving off the site will probably no longer be allowed to go back to the camp.
The night on Thursday could now be the second night in a row with evacuation announcement. The night before, the organizers were forced to be forced to clear the festival site due to the speakers. An all -clear followed a few hours later.
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Schietwetter: A Wacken-Stamm guest
One thing is certain: This year the mud battle is called again on the Wacken Open Air. For over three decades, fans from all over the world have been piling up to the small North German village and apparently liking to accept the typical bad weather. According to the NDR, the average amount of precipitation was over ten liters per square meter nine times in the history of the mega event, four times even over 20 liters per square meter. It was particularly raining in 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2019 and 2023, the bad weather even caused an early stop. Will there be a new rain record this year?