Poland compares deadly lightning storm to terror attack

Three people were missing Friday in southern Poland after a deadly thunderstorm with multiple lightning strikes hit the Tatra Mountains, killing five people and injuring over 150, rescuers said.

The thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon, which witnesses said came suddenly on a day that began with clear weather, produced an unimaginable emergency in the popular trekking region, said Jan Krzysztof, head of the TOPR Tatra emergency service.

"This is a situation that can be compared to a terrorist attack," Krzysztof said.

"A large group of random people has been hit. Many people, including children. Burnt, with broken legs, wounds all over their bodies."