Belgium festival death toll rises to five

The death toll from a fierce rain-and-hail storm that downed tents, trees and scaffolding at an open-air music festival in Belgium has risen to five, officials said.

Belgium festival death toll rises to five

The death toll from a fierce rain-and-hail storm that downed tents, trees and scaffolding at an open-air music festival in Belgium has risen to five, officials said.

Hasselt mayor Hilde Claes said that two more people died overnight. A total of 73 people were injured, eight of them seriously.

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