Over a quarter of Germany's lightning strikes hit Bavaria in 2024

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2025-05-05

Munich (dpa) - More than 209,000 lightning strikes were recorded in Germany last year, with the southern state of Bavaria experiencing the most, data from the lightning monitoring services Aldis/Blids showed. Although 2024 was a relatively calm year in terms of lightning activity, it saw the most of the last three years. On average, a lightning strike hit somewhere in the country every two and a half minutes. The city of Rosenheim in Upper Bavari......

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