This is the moment deafening 'thundersnow' woke hundreds of people with a flash and a bang in the middle of the night. Dramatic CCTV shows the wild weather startling residents in towns and villages across the county of Conwy in the early hours of this morning.
The phenomenon happened just after midnight and was loudest over spots including Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, Llysfaen, Rhos-on-Sea and Penrhyn Bay, North Wales Live reports.
The ferocity of the flash and bang was captured on camera by local Lloyd Brasenell as it lit up the sky. People took to Facebook to ask what it was, with one person saying it was "a big lightning flash first, then thunder". Have you ever experienced 'thundersnow'?
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