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巴西着手维修受损的基督救世主雕像Repair work has begun on Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro after lightning strikes damaged two fingers and the statue's head.巴西里约热内卢的基督救世主雕像的两根手指和头部在一次闪电中被损毁，维修工作已经展开。Officials say they will place more lightning rods on the statue to try to prevent future damage On Tuesday, workers examined the 38m statue, which is prominently located on to p of a mountain. Officials later said it would take about four months to repair. The statue will remain open throughout the work. The statue is visited by nearly two million tourists a year and underwent a $4m restoration in 2010. Lightning rods The right thumb of the statue was damaged during a violent storm last week, and its right middle finger and part of its head were hit last month. Officials say they will place more lightning rods（避雷针） on the statue to try to prevent future damage. Thursday's storm had one of the highest numbers of lightning strikes recorded in Brazil since the country began monitoring storms in 1999. The statue is struck by lightning on average between three and five times a year, the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) told O Globo. The monument was inaugurated on 12 October 1931 on top of Rio's Mt Corcovado and is considered the largest Art Deco-style sculpture in the world.