These phobias, such as astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning) and ombrophobia (fear of rain), are more common than we might think and often rooted in psychological and physiological triggers.

Laurie Price has been relocated after the damage made her home uninhabitable For most in a weather-obsessed nation, rain is par for ... "We live our lives in fear," they say.

Other times I’ve tried to hold her, but she wriggles free. We’ve drawn curtains ... has become a 10-year battle against ombrophobia (fear of rain), astraphobia (fear of storms), ancraophobia ...