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The Venezuelan lake with killer lightning
Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. "Catatumbo Lightning," also known as the Maracaibo Beacon, holds ...
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Lightning Hotspots
Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela Nestled in the northwest of Venezuela, Lake Maracaibo is a striking spectacle of nature known for ...
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Earth's spectacular and remote 'capital' of lightning
In a remote part of Venezuela ... Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo. It's a stunning location, but also home to a unique meteorological phenomenon and a storm chaser's dream - the Catatumbo ...
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Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region
Located on Colombia’s border with Venezuela, the Catatumbo region has around 300,000 residents and produces 15% of Colombia’s coca crop. The FARC-EMC and the ELN have long battled for control ...
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Colombia seeks to reassert control as rebel fighting kills over 100
groups have long battled for control of the coca-rich mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, but respected a truce until recently. However, fighting broke out ...
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Colombia and Venezuela discuss curbing armed groups behind dozens of deaths, says Petro
“I have been in dialogue with the holder of the presidency of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to close the illegal (border) crossings, especially in the Catatumbo River (…) A bilateral action plan ...