一个英语句子的翻译---在线等---务必高手进

Within minutes, forks of lightning formed a way into the sky.

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原文：
Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It came suddenly in the mid-afternoon and lasted more than three hours. At first, the sky grew dark all of a sudden. Within minutes, forks of lightning formed a way into the sky. Then it was followed by the boom-boom-boom of thunder. A very strong wind blew into my room. My valuable notes, lying on my desk in the room, flew high into the air. I jumped up to catch them but unluckily a few sheets sailed out of the open window. As I ran out to get the notes, big drops of rain began to fall.