Lightning is being blamed for damaging the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.
Officials
told the Associated Press that the right thumb of the statue was
chipped during an apparent lightning strike Thursday night.
Data obtained by AccuWeather.com from the city's Santos Dumont
Airport verifies that thunderstorms were in the area from 6 p.m. to 10
p.m. local time Thursday (3 p.m. to 7 p.m. EST).
Winds gusted to nearly 90 kph (55 mph) as the thunderstorms arrived.
Lightning bolts strike through the sky near Christ the Redeemer
statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, late Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. (AP
Photo/Renata Brito)
The airport does not report weather observations between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. local time.
"A
stalled frontal boundary near Rio de Janeiro helped trigger some
thunderstorms over the past couple of days," stated AccuWeather.com
Meteorologist Rob Miller.
Source: Agencies
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