Rare lightning storm in Lima shocks residents

Lightning split the skies above the capital city of Lima overnight, with shocked residents posting tweets of the action.

“Lightning and rain in Lima,” one man wrote. “That’s new.”

“This anomalous event for Lima had not been registered since 1960, when another electrical storm developed that generated lightning over the capital city,” the organisation said.

“SENAMHI remains vigilant in the event of a possible repetition of these events in the coming days and will continue to report on the evolution of meteorological conditions, in order to develop preventive actions against these phenomena.”