Two deaths from lightning in the Alps and on Etna

A 30-year-old American tourist died struck by lightning on Etna. The alarm was raised yesterday evening 16 August, just before 8pm, with the intervention of the Drago 142 helicopter of the fire brigade. The young tourist was on Etna, apparently in a prohibited area, when he was surprised by a violent storm. Here he was struck by lightning which caused the violent electric discharge. He was rescued when he was already in serious condition, and rushed to the Cannizzaro hospital but he arrived dead.

Hiker struck by lightning during descent, dead in Alto Adige Tragic intervention by mountain rescue in the late evening of Sunday 16 August also on Piz Starlex, on the border between Switzerland and Alto Adige. A local man was found dead after his disappearance was reported: according to what rescuers reconstructed, the man was struck by lightning during his descent.