Most thunderstorms are one-off weather events, born and gone within a few hours. Above a single stretch of wetland where a ...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – A fire that broke out at a Venezuelan oil refinery was apparently caused by a lightning strike, the country’s top oil official said Thursday. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said ...
Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela experiences the most intense lightning activity on Earth. Known as Catatumbo lightning or "the everlasting storm," this meteorological phenomenon produces up to 1,600 ...
Over a stretch of water in northwestern Venezuela, the night sky rarely goes dark for long. Storms flare up with such regularity above Lake Maracaibo that the phenomenon has earned a reputation as the ...