One World Trade Center in New York City was struck by lightning.

(The picture is taken from Twitter)

[Compiled Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] The United States has recently been hit by extreme weather, including tornadoes and heavy rains. On the 1st of this month, there was a thunderstorm scene in New York due to the unstable atmosphere. Many lightning bolts directly struck the first place in the Western Hemisphere. The tallest building - One World Trade Center in New York (One World Trade Center), amazing pictures are all captured.

With a total height of 541 meters including the spire, One World Trade Center is the seventh tallest skyscraper in the world and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

According to the US "Fox News" (Fox News) report, when the building was struck by lightning, some people said that at that moment, the whole of New York was illuminated like daylight.

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The lightning detection equipment detected 15 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes within 5 miles of the building within 45 minutes, at least eight of which appeared to hit One World Trade Center.

Since the World Trade Center has a lightning strike protection system and facilities such as lightning rods are installed on the roof, it is safe even if it is struck by lightning. It can even protect surrounding buildings from electric shock.

This is not the first time the building has been struck by lightning. According to data from AccuWeather, an American weather media company, lightning struck the One World Trade Center building about 190 times from 2015 to 2020, making it the building with the second most lightning strikes in the United States. It is Chicago's Willis Tower (Willis Tower), the record is 250 times.

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