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 ...

Located in northwest Venezuela along part of the Andes Mountains ... by almost continuous lightning that occurs where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake. "Catatumbo" means "House of Thunder ...

In a remote part of Venezuela the 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 ...

The government has denied this. Catatumbo has long been ruled by leftist guerrillas groups who use the porous border with Venezuela to escape Colombian security forces if necessary. The region was the ...