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Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is the lightning capital of Earth. How many lightning flashes hit each square kilometre of the lake per year?
233
flashes per km² per year
Lake Maracaibo gets 233 lightning flashes per square kilometre every year — the storms are so reliable sailors once used them for navigation.SOURCENASA / World Meteorological Organization
Scale check: 233 is roughly a packed double-decker bus.
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