A freak snowstorm was captured on video engulfing a bridge and then a river in a matter of seconds in Russia . The incredible weather event took place in Siberia ’ s third largest city , Krasnoyarsk , and shows the moment snow and sleet plunge the Yenisei River into darkness . A video maker captured the storm , which initially it looks like a large white cloud , from the bank of a river . The snowstorm moved at a speed of 45mph and engulfed the��Kommunalnyi Bridge in a matter of seconds . Suddenly the storm grows in size and begins moving at a speed of 45mph towards the Kommunalnyi Bridge , which it instantly dwarfs with its size . Flecks of snow can be seen in the air as the large cloud becomes increasingly grey in colour and the bridge disappears from view . The video maker then tilts the camera slightly and captures the cloud moving overhead . Flecks of snow become bigger and more frequent as the snowstorm continues to engulf the video maker . Visibility is drastically reduced as the snowstorm engulfs the Russian city in a matter of seconds . The flecks of snow suddenly become larger and more of them can be seen beating down on the side of the river bank . Moving ever closer , the wind begins picking up and suddenly the visibility is next to zero . The video maker then captures a friend standing nearby before returning to film the storm , which the pair are now very much a part of . The video maker momentarily films a friend before returning to the storm , which they are now a part of . The video concludes with more snow pelting the video maker and the grey clouds obscuring the sun completely . According to reports , warm weather is thought to have caused the cyclone , which swept through the city centre in less than a minute .
The cyclone passes through Siberia ’ s third largest city , Krasnoyarsk . Video captures the snowstorm surrounding the snow Bridge . Flakes of snow become bigger as precipitation reduces drastically .