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Lightning strikes kill five in Poland's Tatra mountains | Lightning strikes kill five in Poland's Tatra mountains |
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At least five people, including two children, have died and more than 30 others have been injured during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland and Slovakia’s Tatra mountains, according to rescuers. | |
Most of the victims were in the Polish area, where lightning struck a metal cross atop Mount Giewont as well as a metal chain near the summit, according to local media. One person died in Slovakia. | |
“There were a few deaths in different parts of the Tatra mountains,” said Jan Krzyszt, a Polish mountain rescue service chief. He added that three of the injured individuals, all of whom were taken by helicopter to area hospitals, were in intensive care. | |
According to the Polish news agency PAP lightning struck a metal chain attached to the last stretch of Mount Giewont to help hikers reach the top. | |
Poland’s TVN24 commercial news channel reported that lightning also struck the large cross on the summit near the mountain resort town of Zakopane at a time when many hikers were present. They had set out to climb Poland’s highest mountains when the skies were clear earlier in the day. | |
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