THUNDER & LIGHTNING (الـرعـد و الـبـرق)

:الـرعـد و الـبـرق

• A flash/strike/bolt/streak of lightning.

• A lightning/thunder bolt.

• A bolt from the blue.

• A thunderstorm/electrical storm.

• A thundershower.

• When a lightning hits a tree, the charge spills over into the ground, knocking people flat.

• Trees burnt down after being struck by lightning.

• A lightning rod/conductor – sheet lightning – at lightning speed.

• Types of lightning: Cloud-to-ground (CG)/Cloud-to-cloud (CC) or intercloud/intracloud (IC) lightning.

• A downward-moving positive lightning leader.

• Lightning flashes draw plant-like branches in the sky.

• Lightning forked through the sky.

• The roll of thunder – a clap/ peal of thunder – a thunder-clap.

• To hear a far-off thunder.

• Heat/silent lightning.