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You can estimate how far away a storm is by counting the seconds between seeing a lightning flash and hearing the thunder. Sound travels approximately 1 mile every 5 seconds, so divide the number of seconds by 5 to get the distance in miles. Keep in mind that this method is just an estimate.

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