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Two people have died after a rainfall hit several itinerant at Banff National Park in Canadian rockies.
Three other people were reported injured after rescuers continue their search for possible survivors. Authorities did not say if anyone is missing.
The first victim, a 70-year-old woman from Calgary was found on Thursday. The second was discovered on Friday, according to a joint statement from Parks Canada and Lake Louise Royal Canadian Mouunted Police (RCMP).
The tracks of the Glacier Falls walk are six miles (9 km) long and goes along the Bow Lake. Is classified as a moderate challenge for walks.
Conditions of the three injured people who were taken to hospital on Thursday have improved in stable, RCMP said on Friday.
Rockfall happened on Thursday afternoon north of Lake Louise, a 124 -mile (200 km) tourist town northwest of Calgary, Alberta.
“We are all angry by the latest tragedy at Bow Glacier Falls at Banff National Park. On behalf of Parks Canada, my thoughts are with the families and friends of those affected,” said Ron Hallman, President and CEO of Parks Canada.
Videos of the joint incident online show a large rock falling down a mountain and large dust clouds that rise.
Bow Lake is now closed and a non -flight order was placed over the area while the search continues.
“We are thinking of all those who are involved and want for their security as we expect further details,” Prime Minister Alberta Danielle Smith said in a post on social media.
Niclas Brundell was a witness of rocky rainfall as he walked in the area with his wife.
“We heard this like the ‘pieces’ noise and the whole roof of the wall came loose,” he told CBC News. “And we just started sprinting. I was screaming to my wife, ‘Go, go, go! We have to run as soon as we can.
“We just kept sprinting and I couldn’t see the people behind us anymore because they were all in that cloud cloud. And I saw rocks falling out of this. So it was big. It was, like, full moutiums.”
Mr. Brundll estimated that there were 15 to 20 people in the area at the time of rocky rainfall.
