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Subang should get a mention in Guinness Book
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New Straits Times
03-14-2008
Subang should get a mention in Guinness Book
Byline: Zahar
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section
Type: Editorial
IN the Guinness Book of World Records, Cibinong in West Java, Indonesia, was recognised as the place with the highest lightning activity in the world when the weather station there recorded 322 days with lightning in 1988. It was also claimed that lightning struck the ground at the rate of 12 groun...
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