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Yes thunder can be dangerous, but it depends how close you are to it.

Thunder can damage your ears depending on how loud/close you are to it.

Be careful to distinguish thunder from lightning, which are related but different. Lightening is the actual electrical discharge, and is dangerous because you can be electrocuted. Thunder is just the sound from to lightning, and so it could only hurt your ears if it is very loud (which is pretty unlikely). This is most likely to occur from a positive C-G strike since it contains up to 300 000 amperes which in return creates the loudest of thunder. Also thunder from these strikes have popped nails from wood and even crack windows.

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