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Severe Storm System Produces 188,000 Lightning Strikes Across the Netherlands

The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute recorded an exceptionally high number of lightning discharges over a single weekend, triggering emergency responses, infrastructure damage and one fatality.
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