Thunderstorm
A thunderstorm (also called an electrical storm) is a type of storm which discharges electricity to a planet's surface. This storm typically includes rain. ()

It takes its name from thunder, the noise generated by the lightning in the storm.

Kathryn Janeway remarked to Chakotay in 2377 that there was no spatial anomaly scarier than a thunderstorm on the plains. When she was six, she saw a lightning bolt split an oak on her grandfather's yard, which she had climbed just hours before. ()

When she was twelve, Janeway once walked home over seven kilometers in a thunderstorm because she had lost a tennis match. ()

After Felisa Howard's death, the Caldos colony had a thunderstorm due to a malfunction with its weather control system. ()

The Sky Spirits were capable of generating massive electrical storms on command, which they used to discourage unwanted visitors from their planet. ()

Further references

See also
Electromagnetic storm
Lightning storm

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