A landslide hit a t𒁏ourist shelter trapping 16 people inside after a thunderstorm packing 🅰heavy rains moved through Slovakia's High Tatras, the country's rescue service said Thursday.
The incident took💟 place in the Monkova Valley in the country's highest mountain range, where authorities ꧃warned against severe thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rains with hail
Pavel Bekes, mayor of the nearby town of Zdiar, told local media that two t༒ourists died and four were injured. The rescuers didn't immediately confirm that.
Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova offered her condolences to the relatives of the victims but offered no det♉ails♔.
The Mountain Rescue Service said a popular ♍hiking trail in the valley was hit by a landsl♎ide and was closed to the public.
