The electricity of the lightning initially heats the air to white heat, but then there is an equally sudden cooling caused by the loss of the energy radiating away in the flash.
(The electricity of the lightning; heats; the air; to white heat; T:initially) (an equally sudden cooling; caused; by the loss of the energy) (the energy; radiating; away)
The electricity of the lightning an equally sudden cooling the energy
heats caused radiating
the air to white heat T:initially
by the loss of the energy
away