About 200 passengers had to be evacuated from Kasprowy Wierch, and some of them were evacuated by TOPR. Reason? Damage to the cable car unit – probably due to lightning.
On 200 passengers had to be transported from Kasprowy Wierch in an emergencysome were evacuated by the Tatra Voluntary Emergency Service. Lightning probably destroyed one of the elements in the queue.
After damage to the main drive system, it switches to emergency mode, which can also be called emergency mode. The train is driven by internal combustion engine. However, it moves much slower than during normal operation.
Some of the passengers were transported in carriages and others in rescue vehicles. from the intermediate cable car station in Myślenickie Turnie.
All passengers arrived in Kuźnice safely.
Representatives of Polish cable cars for now they cannot determine what part of the line was damaged by the storm and how long it will take to repair it.
These are not the only effects storms and heavy rains that passed through Podhale today. Tatra National Park services warn against poor conditions on mountain trails. Many of them remained flooded or flooded.
Zakopane firefighters are also very busy, pumping water from flooded streets. Wojdyły Street is impassable – under railway viaduct in Ustupa. This is the second time after heavy rains the road to Olcza is closed.
