Videos captured the moment heavy rain poured down over the region on Sunday (June 11)
The heavens opened over Manchester on Sunday afternoon as heavy rain lashed down and thunder rumbled after a 23 day dry spell.
A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms was put in place from midday until 9pm, covering the whole of Greater Manchester and the rest of the north west.According to the past weather history, 2.7mm of rain last fell over Manchester on May 19. Before that, it last rained a month ago, on May 11. And those at the Parklife festival were even told to 'move three metres' away from large structures as Heaton Park braced for the thunderstorms to hit
"The odd place, affected by multiple showers, could see more than this, perhaps in excess of 60 mm in a few hours, most likely across Wales and central England.
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