thunder and lightning

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Four of the first 21 games faced waits ranging from 40 minutes to two-and-a-half hours for thunder and lightning storms and heavy rain.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

The storms have brought significant thunder and lightning but generally have been accompanied by light rainfall, a tenth of an inch or less.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

Warm temperatures allow the atmosphere to hold more humidity, and that humidity is a prerequisite for building clouds—specifically, the tall, menacing cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunder and lightning.

From National Geographic • Sep. 12, 2023

It warned of so-called dry storms - thunder and lightning without rainfall - in many parts of the country.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

Of them all he was foremost, as was proved by the extraordinary fact that poets report, that when Zeus wished to use his thunderbolt, it was Pegasus who brought the thunder and lightning to him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton