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Lightning Strikes Christ the Redeemer in Rio: Daily

By William Jones, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – During heavy storms across Rio late last week, the Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) statue was struck by lightning causing millions of reals worth of damage. The third finger of the right arm of the open armed statue suffered a strike and is due to be repaired.

This was not the first time that the monument depicting Jesus Christ has been affected by the tropical storms. The same hand of the statue . . .

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