Fish is a valued commodity in Sri Lanka. It simply rained from the sky. can we imagine? Absolutely it is true..
A storm in Sri Lanka (Chilaw, Galahitiyawe, Madampe) caused 50 kilograms of fish to literally rain from the sky in the town of Chilaw recently. Villagers in west Sri Lanka have said they have been surprised and delighted by an unusual rainfall of small fish.
Residents of the Galahitiyawe area in Madampe, Chilaw say that fish had rained down on their village along with the rainfall that fell on one fine morning. Many residents had collected the falling fish. Residents say the fish had fallen along with the rainfall for about one and a half hours.
The edible fish fell during a storm and are believed to have been lifted out of a river during a strong wind.
Villagers in the district of Chilaw said they heard something heavy falling and found scores of fish with a total weight of 50kg (110lbs).
It is not the first such incident in Sri Lanka - in 2012, a case of `prawn rain` was recorded in the south.
The fish were very small, from 5 to 8 centimeters in length, according to the BBC. Scientists believe that strong winds from a storm likely swept the fish out of the water. This isn’t the first reported case of raining fish in Sri Lanka.
BBC forecaster Steve Cleaton explained the phenomenon.
`In the Sri Lankan storm, a tornado probably formed over land, drifted over river systems or coastal waters and sucked up light fish that were lifted all the way into the base of the storm cloud. Later the fish were rained out of the cloud.`
Scientists say that-- `fish rain` usually occurs when swirling whirlwinds over relatively shallow water develops into waterspouts and sucks in almost anything in the water including fish, eels and even frogs.
The marine life can be carried long distances by buffeting clouds even when the waterspout stops spinning.
Sri Lankan Villagers say that the `fish rain shower` took place on recent day with the creatures falling on the village green, roads and roofs.
Some of the fish - each three to five inches (5cm-8cm) in length - were still alive and were put in a buckets of water by villagers who ate them later.
This is the third time this has happened in Sri Lanka, but not from the same area.
In addition to the reported `prawn rain` of 2012 in the south, there was yellow and red `meteor rain` the same year - a weather development that is reportedly still being investigated by US and British scientists.
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