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I don't know if 'fear' is exactly the right word. I think it is more like 'cautious'.
Most wild animals sense an approaching storm and go to underbrush or other places where they will not be injured by flying debris or are less likely to get wet before the storm approaches. Birds fly lower just before an approaching storm, or don't fly at all; they will roost in safe places before the trees start tossing their branches about. Mostly they just protect themselves as best they can, and await the inevitable. They know that there is nothing that they can do about it, and so they simply put up with whatever happens. A soaked fawn coming out of the underbrush after a hailstorm is probably the most miserably unhappy sight you can see... until he starts to gambol again.
But it isn't just wild animals - I can usually tell how severe a storm is going to be by whether my horse herds the cattle into the barns or not. No matter how much the lightning crashes or the thunder rolls - if she is standing in the valley watching the herd, then all will be well. If she is thundering over the hill nipping at their heels and driving them into the corral at a gallop, it will be bad!
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