Huge thunderstorm hits Wrexham area
Wrexham was hit by a huge thunderstorm late on Wednesday evening through to Thursday morning, with several strikes starting close to Chirk and moving north.
Below is a quick selection of the deluge of tweets about the thunder and lightning that hit the area… thanks to Nick Burdon for the picture above.
There was rumours about an earthquake, with the relevant tweets embedded at the bottom of this page.
Hard not to see or feel that thunder / lightning just now… we assume Acrefair is still standing! Here is the strike map… pic.twitter.com/inJgEIXxyn
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) August 16, 2017
@wrexham earthquake up in rhos
— Scott Reeves (@Scott_Reeves94) August 16, 2017
Mine moved, I used to live at 64 I now love at 74, I believe it was an earthquake and there's nothing you can say that will change that
— Scott Reeves (@Scott_Reeves94) August 16, 2017
Just checked the BGS and there is a report there – so don't let anyone say otherwise pic.twitter.com/phA7aVwNH5
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) August 16, 2017
There is also a selection of comments and videos on the Wrexham.com Facebook page thread – view it by clicking here…
Spotted something? Got a story? Email [email protected]
