The flight was cancelled due to a severe thunderstorm.
Personally, I would write the word severe because if your flight was delayed by a thunderstorm then it has to be a <u>severe</u> storm if it's that bad.
._. sorry for the "lack of grammar" but I hope this helps
He missed the sights, smells and sounds of his own neighborhood.
<u>Explanation</u>:
- Colin had travelled a half-way around the world and he didn't have a hard time. He had been wondering who might he would become after those travels.
- But he longed for his home, his real home in England. He missed his friends, sights, smells and sounds of his neighborhood. Before the thought of joining the conversation with the guide,he thought of this in his mind.
The disaster in "The Man in the Water" by Roger Rosenblatt occurred in 1982 when an airplane clipped a Potomac bridge during rush hour and went into the water. The heroic man in the water helped others before he drowned.
