Russian woman missing in Kazbegi after climbers struck by lightning

(Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman is missing after a group of three climbers were struck by lightning at 5,000 m altitude yesterday in the Kazbegi mountains.

Two of the group were injured, and later rescued, but the third – a woman from Moscow – went missing.

The search for the missing woman continues by helicopter. Kavkaz Uzel reports that also 15 rescue workers from Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry are involved in the search.