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Reporting and perspectives on catatumbo lightning.

Lightning crackles, rain pelts and storm clouds gather over a green valley landscape that is edged by steep, rocky, gray mountains in this illustration.

Could Endless Storms Like Those in The Legend of Zelda Ever Plague Earth?

The thunderstorms in The Legend of Zelda defy earthly physics, but real storms cannot last forever, atmospheric scientists say. Earth’s weather systems redistribute heat, moisture and electrical charges, and even the strongest storms eventually fade unless constantly refueled. Some real-world phenomena, such as the Intertropical Convergence Zone and Venezuela’s Catatumbo lightning, come closer to persistent storms.

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