Nearly 1,000 people were evacuated from the Wieliczka salt mine after lightning struck a nearby transformer station, dpa reported according to Polish Radio Monday.
Local officials said some 960 sightseers were inside the mine, a popular tourist destination in southern Poland, when the electricity went out.
Some 50,000 residents in the area were left without power after the storm hit Monday night.
In Czeladz, southern Poland, a 53-year-old man died after his vehicle was struck by a tree. dpa dam ff Author: Dominika Maslikowski