Did you spot any lightning in 鶹ýӳlast night?
While you might not have watched the tempestuous display unfold, you most likely heard it.
Thunder bellowed across the Lower Mainland for over half-an-hour late Monday (May 17) night that was accompanied by electric flashes of light. At times the light was so intense that it made the inky night sky look as bright as mid-afternoon.
Metro Vancouverites took to social media to share videos and photos of the storm, with many of them commenting that they'd never seen one like it in the area.
For some, the storm was a welcome respite from a year that left so much to be desired. Don Falconer commented: "That was the most fun I’ve had since March 2020."
Have a look at some of the most thrilling moments from last night's thunderstorm.
The 鶹ýӳstorm is lit 🔥 haha 😆 ؈
— Elana Shepert (@elanashepert)
Some stills from the 鶹ýӳ⚡️؈
— Elana Shepert (@elanashepert)
absolutely looove this kind of weather ❤️؈❤️
— Levi Wright (@levi_sophia)
Last night was wild. Had some of the closest lightning strikes I've felt in Vancouver. So I pulled out the camera! Missed the biggest but caught a couple.
— Daniel Stephen Pendygrasse (@danopendygrasse)
And the video..
— Ryan Voutilainen (@RyanVoutilainen)
This was intense. Never seen rain and wind like this in a thunderstorm in Vancouver. Lots of sirens and emergency lights in East Van
— Pedro 🌺 (@christmasguey)
Oh my. did say the gardens would get a good watering. 🤨
— Dan Burritt (@DanBurritt)
yeah that’s the stuff
— Justin McElroy (@j_mcelroy)
That was the most fun I’ve had since March 2020
— Don Falconer (@TheFalconer)
You know what’s cool?
— Emad Agahi (@emadagahi)
Looking at tonight’s lightning frame by frame & at one point it looks like late afternoon.
Quite the show out there tonight! 🌩️
— Adrian Crook (@5kids1condo)
klnlnlnlnlklknnkllkWe’re having a prairie moment it seems here in 鶹ýӳ
— Emad Agahi (@emadagahi)
Just caught this from my window
— RJ O. (@RJO1111)
Some crazy-looking lightning out there. This shot is from our tower-cam on top of the Shangri-La Hotel
— Nafeesa Karim (@nafeesakarim)
Absolutely EPIC lightning storm happening over & right now!!! The night time acoustics are making for the LOUDEST thunderstorm I’ve ever heard in BC.
— Matt MacDonald (@meteo_matt)
I’m obsessed.
— KaeliTheKool (@KaeliTheKool)
Last night was a lot of fun! A good Thunderstorm in 鶹ýӳis Lightning every 30 to 60 seconds. There were times where it was every 10 to 15 seconds last night! But the damage, the branches down, and the flooding! It also packed a punch! 👀؈
— Brad Atchison (@Brad604)
over and the high rises of ’s district taken at 11:58pm on 17 May 2021 as a passes over! ؈
— Ryan Voutilainen (@RyanVoutilainen)
Lightning in tonight. Unusual that we get a thunderstorm like this!
— My 鶹ýӳLife (@myvancouverlife)
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I’m glad I walked out to the balcony to see one of the massive thunderstorms I have ever seen in my life. Incredible views. Hope everyone is safe!
— Bhavik 🤓 (@bhawikbhagat)
Holy thunder and lightning Batman.
— Tyler Gibbs (@TyIerGibbs)