www.bbc.co.uk Lightning struck the towering statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday night with a surge powerful enough to chip the 38m (125ft) statue's right hand thumb. The National Institute for Space Research recorded one of the highest numbers of lightning strikes in Brazil since the country began monitoring storms in 1999. Lightning strikes the statue between three and five times a year.
Inaugurated in 1931 on top of Rio's Mt Corcovado, the monument is considered the largest Art Deco-style sculpture on earth. Nearly two million people visit ever year and in 2010 the statue underwent a $4 million (£2.7m) restoration.
Inaugurated in 1931 on top of Rio's Mt Corcovado, the monument is considered the largest Art Deco-style sculpture on earth. Nearly two million people visit ever year and in 2010 the statue underwent a $4 million (£2.7m) restoration.
www.bbc.co.uk Officials from the Archdiocese of Rio, which manages the statue, told Brazilian media that repairs will be made to the statue soon.
With less than three years to go until the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, preparations for remain dogged by construction delays, financial uncertainties, environmental worries of littered beaches and waterways, and possible public protests.
Would you like to know more about the city without visiting? My wonderful writing partner wrote the thriller, 'Strays of Rio'. (Click to follow link.)
With less than three years to go until the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, preparations for remain dogged by construction delays, financial uncertainties, environmental worries of littered beaches and waterways, and possible public protests.
Would you like to know more about the city without visiting? My wonderful writing partner wrote the thriller, 'Strays of Rio'. (Click to follow link.)
www/bbc.co.uk What a great story. I think a man would enjoy the novel just as much as a woman. The down-to-earth writing style of this novel makes reading a pleasure. No stopping to work out what something means—just let the story whisk you away to Rio de Janeiro.
The adventure carried me through the beauty and degradation of the city in a wild ride akin to Lisa's jump off the cliff with Tony to paraglide in the uplift beneath the stretched arms of the Christo Redentor statue.
Have you ever been to Rio?
The adventure carried me through the beauty and degradation of the city in a wild ride akin to Lisa's jump off the cliff with Tony to paraglide in the uplift beneath the stretched arms of the Christo Redentor statue.
Have you ever been to Rio?
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