Lightning Danger in the Alps: Hiker Dies as Storms Follow Extreme Heat
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On the Italian side of Piz Starlex in Val Müstair, a man was found dead that night on Monday.
The 42-year-old did not return from a mountain tour. A drone found the lifeless body.
Lightning Danger in the Alps: Hiker Dies as Storms Follow Extreme Heat
A hiker has died after being struck by lightning in the Italian Alps, while two Polish climbers were injured by another lightning strike above Cortina d’Ampezzo, as violent thunderstorms followed a prolonged period of extreme summer heat. The incidents highlight one of the most rapidly developing hazards in the mountains: thunderstorms that can turn apparently manageable hiking and climbing conditions into a dangerous situation within minutes. A…
Taufers in the Münstertal – The sky moved together, the time was running out and then the voice could no longer be reached on the phone. In Taufers in the Münstertal a 42-year-old local, Gustav Wiesler, died after a lightning strike. Gustav Wiesler had climbed to the 3,075-meter-high Piz Starlex on Sunday and had [...]
The man had climbed a three-thousander and probably came into a thunderstorm on the descent. After a great search action he could still be found dead.
A 42-year-old climber died after a lightning strike at Piz Starlex in South Tyrol. The mountain rescue found the missing person by drone shortly before midnight.
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