lightening = lightning
Thanks for the spelling correction.
Lightening is mentioned at the bottom of the column, but it is downplayed.
Vegetation doesn't affect the weather all that much, although weather affects vegetation. If a rainforest were to be planted in Australia one year, the temporary moisture increase might affect the weather. But the weather would probably return to normal the next year with the death of the rainforest. Differences in topography, distances from poles and presence or lack of large bodies of water do affect weather, though.