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Thunder and lightning are the sound and light produced by electrical storms.
Lightning is the visible flash of electricity discharging between clouds or from cloud to ground; thunder is the rumbling sound that follows as air rapidly expands from the heat.
Because light travels faster than sound, you see lightning before hearing thunder.
The phrase often describes dramatic or volatile situations: Their arguments were all thunder and lightning.
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