Four fighting for lives after lightning strikes river bank in Germany a day after 38 kids rushed to hospital amid storm

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.

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A 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.

Three women and seven men between the ages of 26 and 41 were said to have been injured in the strike.

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

All of those injured in the strike received emergency medical care and were then rushed to various nearby hospitals.

Police cordoned off the area as a helicopter flew above in search of other injured people.

The German Weather Service in Leipzig had earlier warned of strong thunderstorms in parts of Saxony.

In Dresden, and other places in Germany, there was a “level two” of four risk of thunderstorms occurring.

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