Officials said Friday that the right thumb was chipped, apparently by a lightning strike Thursday night.
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The statute, sitting atop a hill above the city, is frequently struck by lightning during storms near Rio.
The middle finger of the right hand had been chipped during a storm last month.
The 125-foot (38 meter) Christ the Redeemer statue sits atop a steep mountain and is often hit by strikes.
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A violent lightning and rain storm swept across Rio de Janeiro, flooding streets and knocking out power in some neighborhoods on Thursday.
The statue underwent a $4 million renovation in 2010 to repair badly eroded parts of its face and hands.
The Archdiocese of Rio manages the statue. Father Omar Raposo tells Globo Radio that repairs will soon be made.
He says the church has a stock of the same stone originally used to build the statue, which was erected in 1931.
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