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She is struck by lightning around 300 times each year.about 300 times a yearNo doubt. It is to be expected for something that tall.
If you mean why is it struck by lightning... I'm pretty sure it is because it has a lightning rod on top which catches and grounds the lightning safely without doing any damage to the building
The Empire State Building is struck by lightning about 25 times per year on average. With its height and location in a lightning-prone area, it acts as a lightning rod and is well-equipped to handle these strikes.
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The Empire State Building is struck by lightning approximately 100 times per year.
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Due to the Eiffel Tower's height and the fact that it is made of metal, it is commonly struck by lightning during thunderstorms. However, the Eiffel Tower possesses a very large lightning rod, and so lightning strikes pose little risk to the tower's structure or to human life.
The lightning struck the top of the building.
It is not rare that the Eiffel Tower is struck by lightning. It has very large lightning rods that are grounded and dissipate the charge without major damage.
Well, it will probably fall down and kill hundreds of people.
A metal structure, at tall as that will be hit by Lightning repeatedly and frequently. Something they'd have known about when building it. Not even asking "when was it struck last" would make much sense. The answer would be something like "when the last thunderstorm passed over Paris."
The Transitive verb in this sentence is struck.