Residents of a local Australian town witnessed a rare weather event post ‘small live fish’ began showering from the sky. As per a New York Post, the scaly phenomenon happened during a continuous and heavy rainstorm in Lajamanu, amidst the arid Northern Territory, that is 560 miles from south of Darwin.
Locals averred that they were surprised and hyped to see the ‘fish drop’ during heavy rainfall. “We’ve seen a big storm heading up to my community and we thought it was just rain,” Lajamanu local and Central Desert councillor Andrew Johnson Japanangka averred in an interview with ABC News.
Japanangka mentioned that the fishes were still alive after they fell from the top, while the children hurried to collect the fishes and store them in jars. ”I think it’s a blessing from the Lord,” he added.
As per the reports, this phenomenon has been experienced in Lajamanu in 2010, 2004 and 1974 repectively.
The weather experts state that this rare fall have been caused due to heavy updrafts, like tornadoes, which suck water and fishes from rivers.
A local resident Penny McDonald recounts an instance which took 40 years ago. “I got up in the morning, I was working in the school at the time, and the dirt streets outside my home were covered with fishes. They were small fishes and a lot of them around. It was just amazing,” Penny McDonald told ABC News.
