Festival set to be muddy washout as dark clouds hang over forecast

Torrential downpours on Friday and Sunday have left the site resembling a World War 1 battlefield.

Extraordindary footage has emerged laying bare the extent of the flooding.

And the Met Office has predicted more rain for today with a strong likelihood that there will be more this week.

While largely dry, there are likely to be showers with Saturday – the wettest day of the festival.

Meanwhile, bookmaker Coral has slashed the odds on this summer being the wettest on record to 2-1 from 5-1.

Coral's David Stevens said: "June has been a washout for many so far, and with those traditional British summer highlights of Glastonbury and Wimbledon just around the corner, punters are not putting their brollies away just yet."

Last year's Glasto also experienced intense rainfalls.

Weather at the world’s largest music festival in Somerset lived up to tradition when showers drenched the 175,000-strong crowd.

Last week Download Festival in Donington Park, Leics, took a messy turn as rockers made the most of the mud-filled fields.

(dailystar.co.uk)