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Clouds contain tiny crystals of ice and droplets of water,which move against each other. This can cause huge amounts of charge to build up in clouds . Ordinary,nothing happens due to this charge is great enough and the wind brings the clouds close together,the charge can jump from one cloud to another through the air. This electric discharge is called 'LIGHTNING'.

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