Hard rain at Glastonbury
Photograph: Bob Rose
Torrential rain has washed away the opening performances at Glastonbury. Rain-induced power failures across the festival site have prompted organisers to cancel the first three acts scheduled for the main Pyramid stage.
After the euphoria of yesterday's sun-kissed arrival, things have turned very rapidly downhill for our intrepid team at Glastonbury.
A bedraggled arts editor Imogen Tilden has been on the phone this morning to report thunder, lightning and puddles already knee-deep in some areas of the site.
Some tents have been washed away in the storms, and other marginally luckier campers who pitched their tents on dry land last night have woken today to find rivers babbling past.
However, organisers are hoping that the most of the programme will be able to go ahead from early this afternoon, and start reviving some rather dampened spirits across the site.
