Five dead in storms across Poland

Five people, including two teenage girl scouts, were killed and more than 30 were injured as a result of falling trees in a series of severe storms that hit Poland on Friday night. The girls, 13 and 14, were crushed by falling trees while sleeping in a tent when a storm hit their campground. The rescue mission took hours because of the terrible weather conditions. “We had to force our way for kilometers through the forest, among falling trees,” Adam Kralisz from the Scouting Association of Poland said, twenty other scouts from the camp were hospitalized. Three other victims were also killed by the falling trees. Over 170,000 people were left without power and 800 buildings were damaged, mostly in northern and western Poland. PM Beata Szydło said that the government will help all those in need.