Violent weather claims life in Bled

One person, reportedly a foreigner, was killed in the lakeside town of Bled by a tree knocked down as Slovenia was battered by fierce storms for the second day running on 19 July. Moreover, two persons were injured in a lightning strike at a campsite near Mozirje in northern Slovenia.

The Kranj Police Department said a tree that snapped in half in Bled killed one person, while severely injuring another, who was airlifted to a hospital. The accident happened on the southern side of the lake, between the Villa Bled hotel and the Zaka campsite.

Public broadcaster TV Slovenija...