Sentence examples for severe lightning from inspiring English sources

But storm conditions ranging from hail and severe lightning to several feet of snow are forecast from Florida to New England.

Thunderstorms are common in the interior in summer, and severe lightning has caused forest fires.

They ignited the second fire, the Hammonds say, simply to protect their feed and home from a growing fire tied to severe lightning storms.

1.36am BST ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTB...... Oh, wait, they've delayed kickoff by 15 minutes due to severe lightning storms in Denver.

"Very severe lightning may have caused some malfunction in the electronic control system," said Tom Swift, a former chief scientist for fracture mechanics and metallurgy at the Federal Aviation Administration.

Last month, amidst a severe lightning storm during the Honda Classic golf tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a dozen caddies huddled at the back of an exposed, three-sided metal tent, trying not to get wet and hoping they hadn't just made the stupidest decision of their lives.

The B.C.A. Classic between the Hokies and Georgia Tech was to be played in Blacksburg, Va., on Sunday but was postponed seconds before kickoff because of severe thunderstorms and lightning.

It's tough being a genius, but also tough to be an antipodean Elijah, tormented by the imperfections of the society, hurling severe arrows of lightning down on our heads.

Despite three officials from a Vedanta subsidiary being charged last November in India with what police described as "culpable homicide not amounting to murder", Agarwal told the meeting: "Investigations have revealed that [the incident] was caused by severe thunderstorms and lightning".

"Temperatures in excess of 30C meant the storms were potentially severe with frequent lightning and torrential rain in some places.

Erratic weather patterns and more severe thunderstorms make lightning strikes a more frequent source of wildfire ignition.