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During a thunderstorm ice crystals and water droplets collide and in the process exchange electrons. This can cause these particles to become electrically charged. Air currents within the thunderstorm then separates these charge particles, creating positively and negatively charged regions within the storm. Lightning occurs when this electricity discharges to balance out this difference.

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