Police Scotland has reassured residents in Edinburgh ... people were actually hearing was the weather phenomenon known as "thundersnow". Two "extraordinarily loud" thunder claps were heard over ...

To his happy surprise, it turns out this weekend’s storm was a rare “thundersnow” event in which the blizzard was punctuated by occasional bursts of lightning. The Weather Channel itself has ...

Many people said the sound was "thundersnow", which is considered ... sleet or snow showers are expected to affect parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, spreading to Wales and parts of northwest ...