Where Lightning Does Strike Twice ....

[naomi24]

For interest only, the most electric place on earth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150810-the-most-electric-place-on-earth

So pleased I don't live there!

[Hypognosis]

I watch far too much TV, so I've seen this before but it's still worth revisiting the story.

As for terrain controlling the weather, I think the Himalayas take the title for largest area of effects - India and most of SE Asia.

Who would think continental drift would have knock-on effects on climate?

[EDDIE51]

Interesting to see that Congo has one of the highest incidents of lightening per year. I lived for 3 years in Zambia just 3 miles from the border with Congo ( Zaire as it was then ) We had an average of 120 days a year with lightening, as we were 3,000 ft above sea level the storms were spectacular.