After a 45-minute wait and some of the loudest thunder and lightning imaginable the game was called.

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Thunder and lightning were in the forecast again this week for Zhejiang province, where the crash occurred this weekend.

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The president's speech on Sunday was well-received, though the crowd had to brave some thunder and lightning and endure pouring rain.

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Herschelle Gibbs hit four fours in an over and Loots Bosman hit three in the next before thunder and lightning reduced the match to 14 overs per side.

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Those who turned up early to secure a spot against the railings at Old Trafford were greeted by thunder and lightning, with some running for cover beneath the canopy of the East Stand.

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As the art directors scrambled to address last-minute requests and the copywriters (including yours truly) banged away on final, final versions of those blessed sentences no one supposedly reads anymore, it started raining hard as hell with thunder and lightning, a major rarity in Northern California.

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In the dugout, even a few Yankees got jumpy when the thunder boomed and lightning crackled.

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Several minutes into the flight, at around 10, 000 feet, we encountered a violent thunderstorm with heavy lightning, thunder, hail, and rain.

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Greenish lightning flashed across the ocean darkness, and there was a distant grumble of thunder.

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