Lightning is a powerful sudden flow of

electricity (an electrostatic discharge)

accompanied by thunder that occurs
during an electric storm. The discharge
will travel between the 
electrically charged regions within a 
thundercloud, or between a cloud and
a cloud, or between a cloud and the
surface of a planet.
 
Eventually, the whole cloud fills up with electrical
charges. Lighter, positively charged particles form at
the top of the cloud. Heavier, negatively charged
particles sink to the bottom of the cloud.
When the positive and negative charges grow large
enough, a giant spark - lightning - occurs between
the two charges within the cloud. This is like a static
electricity sparks you see, but much bigger.
 Relation between lightning
and thunder
During a thunderstorm, you see a bright
flash of lightning. Multiple seconds later,
you hear the loud rumble of thunder. How
does this happen if thunder and lightning
come from the same place and occur at
the same time
Stay away from windows and
conductors……
seek shelter
Relation between ozone and
thunder:
Lightning may be Mother Nature's greatest show on Earth,
but scientists now know it can produce significant amounts
of ozone . Scientist helped lead a study on the impact of
lightning, and the results are surprising: Lightning can be
responsible for as much as 90 percent of the nitrogen
oxides in the summer and at the same time increase ozone
levels as much as 30 percent in the free troposphere.
The amount of ozone and nitrogen oxides that lightning
creates is greater than those created by human activities in
that level of the atmosphere, the study shows.