Venezuelan lightning storms occurs almost every night over one lake
Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela experiences a relentless atmospheric phenomenon where lightning strikes the water up to twenty-eight times per minute for nearly three hundred nights every year.
The Catatumbo lightning occurs where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, creating the most consistent electrical storms on Earth. Warm Caribbean winds collide with cold air from the Andes Mountains, trapping moisture and fueling massive thunderclouds. This natural light show generates roughly 1.2 million lightning strikes annually.
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