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  • Aug 21

    Lightning knocks out Ventimiglia rail control room and halts trains across Liguria

    A thunderstorm front generated over 37,000 lightning strikes in Liguria on 20 August, disabling computer systems at Ventimiglia station and stranding train services across the Italian Riviera.

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