As the storm passes, once again the amount of time between the lightning and thunder slowly increases. After a while you can only see the lightning flash. You can't hear the thunder. Why is this?
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As the storm passes, once again the amount of time between the lightning and thunder slowly increases. After a while you can only see the lightning flash. You can't hear the thunder. Why is this?