Reports of fish raining from the sky date back to at least 200 B.C. in Greece. According to TWC’s severe weather expert, Dr. Greg Forbes, tornadoes and waterspouts were the most likely causes for these ancient reports of fish and other small animals falling from the sky. One such example in the United States occurred on the morning of June 28, 1957 at Magnolia Terminal near Thomasville, Ala. Thousands of small fish, frogs and crayfish fell from the sky during a rainstorm. Many of the fish were still alive and were placed in ponds and swimming pools. An F2 tornado about 15 miles to the south near Whatley, Ala. was likely responsible for getting those animals airborne. More recently, there was a report of crabs falling from the sky near Lynn Haven, Fla. on Feb. 11, 2013, according to a post on the Facebook page of WMBB-TV. This followed a waterspout that was reported to southwest near St. Andrews State Park. Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of fish? Bring a bucket not an umbrella! See how this extraordinary event and more occur on Strangest Weather on Earth, Sundays at 9pm, only on The Weather Channel!Reports of fish raining from the sky date back to at least 200 B.C. in Greece. According to TWC’s severe weather expert, Dr. Greg Forbes, tornadoes and waterspouts were the most likely causes for these ancient reports of fish and other small animals falling from the sky. One such example in the United States occurred on the morning of June 28, 1957 at Magnolia Terminal near Thomasville, Ala. Thousands of small fish, frogs and crayfish fell from the sky during a rainstorm. Many of the fish were still alive and were placed in ponds and swimming pools. An F2 tornado about 15 miles to the south near Whatley, Ala. was likely responsible for getting those animals airborne. More recently, there was a report of crabs falling from the sky near Lynn Haven, Fla. on Feb. 11, 2013, according to a post on the Facebook page of WMBB-TV. This followed a waterspout that was reported to southwest near St. Andrews State Park. Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of fish? Bring a bucket not an umbrella! See how this extraordinary event and more occur on Strangest Weather on Earth, Sundays at 9pm, only on The Weather Channel!

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Weather watchers notice the occasional sinkhole sucking in cars, trees, homes and people. Sinkholes are any natural depression or hole in the Earth’s surface. One of the natural processes that can contribute to their formation is erosion where soluble bedrock is gradually removed, often from percolating water. Another process is referred to as suffusion where material sitting on top of limestone gradually washes away through cracks and fissures in the limestone beneath it. Anything sitting on top of sinkholes when they collapse such as roads and buildings fall in as well. Some of the manmade processes that contribute to sinkhole formation include mines that collapse and water mains that burst underground.Weather watchers notice the occasional sinkhole sucking in cars, trees, homes and people. Sinkholes are any natural depression or hole in the Earth’s surface. One of the natural processes that can contribute to their formation is erosion where soluble bedrock is gradually removed, often from percolating water. Another process is referred to as suffusion where material sitting on top of limestone gradually washes away through cracks and fissures in the limestone beneath it. Anything sitting on top of sinkholes when they collapse such as roads and buildings fall in as well. Some of the manmade processes that contribute to sinkhole formation include mines that collapse and water mains that burst underground.

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