Throughout the weekend, residents of a small town in the arid regions of northern Australia have a rare blessing. City of fish they were hit by rain.
Page daily The Telegraph revealed, in two days in a row "Lajamanu City" in the state of the Northern Territory many fish collapse. Along with rain water, the fish comes out of nowhere from the sky.
Most of the fish is still alive. The rain had stopped the fish Monday, March 1, 2010.
The weather experts in Australia believe that the fish Spangled perch, one freshwater fish species in Australia, apparently sucked into the storm. They then brought high winds before finally falling in Lajamanu, a city population of just 669 people.
"The storm brought the fish up to a height of 40 thousand to 50 thousand feet in the air," said a senior expert at the Bureau of Meteorology of Australia, Mark Kersemakers. "When they come in 'the system' the storm, they were frozen. After some time, they are free from the storm, "continued Kersemakers.
This is the third time within a period of more than 30 years in which the rain affected fish LAJAMANU. Similar events occurred in 1974 and 2004.
"Usually, there are fish in the water. Now the fish had fallen from the sky. What if something bigger fall from the sky? "Said Joe Ashley, 55-year-old citizen. "It could be tomorrow, tomorrow there is a crocodile that will fall from the sky," continued Ashley.**Vivanews.com**
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