Marvel's iconic X-Men leader Storm is an Omega-Level mutant, and she can do so much more with her weather-controlling powers making it rain.

To put it mildly, X-Men comics have a tendency to make the backstories of Marvel's mutants intricately complicated, with multiple points that hinge on odd points of continuity and twists of fate. Decades of story twists and turns compound with sci-fi and fantasy mythology to make characters far more deeply complex than you might imagine, and there's no better example of that than Ororo Monroe, the weather-controlling mutant and X-Men leader known as Storm.

While she might just appear to have some control over localized weather patterns, Storm has evolved into a far deeper, stranger character since she was created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum in 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1, and her powers have changed along with her.

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Storm's ability to control the weather is certainly considerable, and it usually puts her in the top tier of most any given X-Men squad she serves on. Controlling all of that power can be difficult, but aiding her in the task is an extension of her mutant abilities that is not quite as obvious as hurling lightning or whipping up rainstorms: she feels an almost spiritual connection with the planet and its weather cycles, physically perceiving them as energy patterns.

Storm's senses allow her to predict the weather even when she does not influence it and sense any abnormalities in its rhythm. This can have the side effect of inflicting discomfort on her when the Earth is in pain, but she never views her connection as a hindrance. Her claustrophobia is in part so traumatic because it cuts her off from the world around her, so it's understandable why losing such a connection would be anxiety-inducing.

Even with her connection to the planet, Storm's powers don't just work exclusively on Earth. Her powers have been accessible on other worlds, in the vacuum of space and even on the astral plane. The environment very seldom negates Storm's capacity to produce weather phenomena on a whim, although it can prove a limiting factor where she is not as powerful as usual.

This means that Storm maintains her ability to hurl lightning even while underground or to create billowing rainstorms within the constricted confines of an indoor environment. She frequently makes storm clouds just small enough to water her plants, a convenient trick for an avid gardener like Ororo.

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