Also known as astraphobia, astrapophobia, keraunophobia, tonitrophobia or nicaduranaphobia - brontophobia is the abnormal and persistent fear of thunder and lightning. Derived from the Greek “bronte” (thunder) and “phobos” (fear), brontophobia is one of the 10 most common phobias in the world. While a person may rationally understand that the thunder holds no danger for … Continue reading The Dread Files – Brontophobia