Where does lightning strike the most in the world? If you know the name of the top point, you will never go there
- In Catatumbo Lightning, lightning strikes an average of 160 to 300 times in a night.
- According to scientists, lightning strikes here an average of 250 times per square kilometer every year.
Lightning Capital of the World: The nature that runs the world we live in, keeps showing us one miracle or the other every day. Sometimes snow falls from the sky, sometimes water, sometimes flames of fire, all this is a miracle of nature. Similarly, you must have seen lightning falling from the sky at some time or the other. Whenever lightning strikes, it causes massive destruction. Do you know the name of such a place in the world where lightning strikes the most?
There is one such place near the Catatumbo River in Venezuela, where lightning keeps falling. Due to this, this place is also known as the ‘Lightning Capital of the World’. You will be surprised to know that at this place lightning keeps flashing in the sky for about 10 hours every night. This is a surprising thing for every person living in the world.
The Lightning Capital of the World is here
Catatumbo Lightning is at the confluence of Catatumbo River and Maracaibo Lake in Venezuela’s Julia state, which is also called the Lightning Capital of the World. This area is the center of amazing geographical phenomenon. Scientists say that the hills around this area, hot winds and moisture rising from the lake give rise to this lightning storm. The special thing is that there are 280 nights in a year here, that too for about 10 hours. Lightning keeps flashing in the sky here all this time.
Lightning flashes this many times in a night
According to the information, in Catatumbo Lightning, lightning strikes on an average 160 to 300 times in a night. According to scientists, lightning strikes here on an average 250 times per square kilometer every year, which is why it is the place in the world where lightning strikes the most. However, the view here is quite captivating and can be seen even from 50 kilometers away.
