Video | The never-ending Catatumbo storm... 160 nights of thunderstorms and 280 lightning flashes per hour!

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Residents of the region describe it as a never-ending storm, due to its repetition and renewal over the course of up to 140-160 nights of the year, over Lake Maracaibo in Catatumbo, Venezuela.

But how do these storms occur in Catatumbo?

These successive thunderstorms most likely occur as a result of the strong winds blowing over the region from the Andes Mountains, which collide with the gases and water vapor rising from the lake, especially methane gas resulting from the decomposition of organic materials at the bottom of the swamps, thus forming currents of cumulus clouds and charging them with electrical charges. Powerful, released by lightning and thunderbolts.

280 lightning flashes per hour

These lightnings can be seen from a distance of 400 km from high areas, and the number of lightning strikes produced by one storm is estimated at 280 strikes per hour.