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What Happens First Lightning Or Thunder?

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    Lightning occurs first as the speed of light is faster than that of sound.Speed of light= 3 x 108 m/sSpeed of sound= 348 m/s
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    Vidyalaya 

    answered 6 months ago

      Not only do you see the lightning first, but it is also the lightning that superheats the air and causes the sonic boom that we call thunder.
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      Mps 

      answered 6 months ago

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