Lake Maracaibo place
Named in 13 reports across 2 stories - 19 Aug – 10 Sept
19 Aug 202610 Sept 2026
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The stories
In Venezuela, a lake roughly the size of Connecticut experiences thunderstorms on nearly 300 nights a year, with lightning sometimes flashing about 28 times a minute for hours. NASA satellite data confirmed Lake Maracaibo as Earth’s most intense lightning hotspot in 2016 — and although scientists understand the unusual mix of warm water, humid winds and surrounding mountains that drives it, they are still working out why the storms there are so extraordinarily persistent.
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iheart.com4scienceblog.com1odt.co.nz1westhawaiitoday.com1newsweek.com1adn.com1citizensvoice.com1sentinelandenterprise.com1nbcnews.com1peakoil.com1