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And in Astoria, frosty conditions have brought about another unusual weather phenomenon: thundersnow.

However, police said that what people were actually hearing was the weather phenomenon known as "thundersnow". Two "extraordinarily loud" thunder claps were heard over the capital just before 05:00.