Mountain rescue team (TOPR) members board a helicopter in Zakopane, Poland August 18, 2019, to join the search operation for two cave climbers trapped in the Tatra mountains. Agencja Gazeta/Marek Podmokly via REUTERS
WARSAW (Reuters) - More than two dozen rescue workers are battling to help save two cavers trapped in a cavern in Poland's Tatra mountains, the mountain rescue service said on Sunday, after a narrow tunnel was flooded with water, blocking their exit.
A representative of the rescue service said it had not yet been possible to establish contact with the two cavers and concern was growing for their health due to their long exposure to extreme conditions.
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