I had to drive home through a huge storm with wind and rain, thunder and lightning, one night. Visibility was short, and only by the light of the lightning. Like with your storm, I couldn't stop for fear of someone crashing into me. At one point I had to pull off the road for a tree right in front of me. Fortunately, I got around it.
Since then I'm not scared anymore to drive in the rain, wind, thunder, and lightning at night. The storm was so devastating, people were without power well over a week, and crews had to come from other states to help us. Weather can be extreme!
We never had water coming in the front door, though...good thing.