Lightning strikes shock Iqaluit

The rare phenomenon was caused by unusually warm weather and moisture, a meteorologist said.

By David Lochead, Nunatsiaq News August 24, 2021
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Forget about striking twice — it is rare for lightning to strike at all in Iqaluit. Yet that’s what happened over the weekend.

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