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BookmarkA thunderstorm, or an electrical storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder.
It is usually accompanied by copious rainfall, hail, or rarely, snowfall in the winter months..
For more information about the topic Thunderstorm, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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