{"id":1908678,"date":"2023-04-02T04:41:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-lightning-illuminates-nyc-sky-as-bolt-strikes-one-world-trade-center\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T04:48:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:48:51","slug":"watch-lightning-illuminates-nyc-sky-as-bolt-strikes-one-world-trade-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-lightning-illuminates-nyc-sky-as-bolt-strikes-one-world-trade-center\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Lightning Illuminates NYC Sky As Bolt Strikes One World Trade Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-lightning-illuminates-nyc-sky-as-bolt-strikes-one-world-trade-center%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1908678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>On Saturday night, thunderstorms hit New York City, and One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States, was struck by lightning as New Yorkers captured the spectacular moment. According to Accuweather, One World Trade Center was hit by lightning 189 times between 2015 and 2020, making it the second-most-struck building in the U.S., after the Willis Tower in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Reiss, Director of WTC construction, explained that the tower&#8217;s height provides protection for the surrounding area. The tower&#8217;s state-of-the-art protection system, based on lightning rod technology, is designed to protect the 1,776-foot tall building, with lightning rods mounted on the rooftops of buildings, including 4 World Trade Center.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend before, dozens of deadly tornadoes and powerful storms swept through the Midwest and South. Late Friday and early Saturday, nearly two dozen tornadoes were reported in Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Mississippi, leading to at least five deaths and dozens of injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brilliant streaks of lightning lit up the sky over New York City Saturday night as a bolt struck One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the U.S. New York was hit by thunderstorms Saturday night amid a destructive weekend of storms that ripped through much of the South and Midwest. 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