Article 4NREN Lightning strikes kill five and injure 100 in Poland and Slovakia

Lightning strikes kill five and injure 100 in Poland and Slovakia

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Dead include two children after thunderstorm in trekking location in the Tatra mountains

At least five people, including two children, have died and more than 100 have been injured during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland and Slovakia's Tatra mountains, according to rescuers.

Most of the victims were in Poland, where lightning struck a metal cross atop Mount Giewont as well as a metal chain near the summit, according to local media. The four dead in Poland included two children, a spokeswoman for the Polish air ambulance service, Kinga Czerwinska, told the news broadcaster TVN24. One person died in Slovakia.

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