Mallika Dureja
‘Small live fish’ started falling from the sky over a remote town in Australia, causing the locals to experience a weather phenomenon that is extremely rare this is known as fish rain. The scaly phenomenon reportedly took place during a strong rainstorm in the town of Lajamanu, which is a small community located in the dry Northern Territory approximately 560 miles south of Darwin. This information comes from the New York Post.
The locals have expressed their astonishment at having witnessed the “fish drop” which occurred during the heavy downpour.
Andrew Johnson Japanangka, a local resident of Lajamanu and a councillor for the Central Desert, said, “We’ve seen a big storm heading up to my community and we assumed it was just rain however it was a fish rain .”
According to Japanangka, the fish were still alive as they descended from the sky, and the children in the town hurried to collect them and store them in jars as soon as they landed. He went on to say that regardless of the number of times he has seen fish floods in the past, the phenomenon never ceases to surprise him. He continued, saying, “I believe it’s a blessing from the Almighty.”
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Reportedly, the same phenomenon was seen by residents of Lajamanu in the year 2010, as well as in the years 2004 and 1974, when it was first documented.
According to those who specialise in meteorology, occurrences such as these can be brought on by powerful updrafts, such as tornadoes, that pull water and fish out of waterways. They are carried by the wind for a considerable distance during a storm before they are eventually deposited as rain from the clouds.
Penny McDonald, a resident of this area, remembers an incident that was very similar to one that took place forty years ago. “When I woke up in the morning, I was working at the school at the time, and the dirt streets outside of my house were covered with fishes.” They were relatively insignificant fish, and there were a great number of them. Penny McDonald was reported by ABC News as saying that the experience was “just amazing.”
