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Location of the Yoro department. The lluvia de peces (lit. ' rain of fish '), also known as aguacero de pescado (lit. ' downpour of fish '), [1] [2] is a phenomenon that has been occurring yearly for more than a century in Yoro, Honduras, in which fish are said to fall from the sky. [3] [4] [5] It occurs up to four times in a year.
The departmental capital is Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km 2 and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people. It is famous for the Lluvia de Peces (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.
A rain of fish was recorded in Singapore in 1861, when during three days of torrential rain numerous fish were found in puddles. Raining snakes, 1680. A rain of animals is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which flightless animals fall from the sky.
Heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby are expected to pummel the Rochester region this week, which combined with another weather system moving into the area, could cause potential ...
The intense downpours have led to dramatic scenes of water rushing through communities, prompting emergency responses across the region. See the videos.
Over 100,000 without power in the East; Ohio has nearly 200,000 outages. In the eastern U.S., more than 100,000 homes and businesses were in the dark Friday afternoon as Debby barreled across the ...
The annual average temperature across the state ranges from around 39 °F (4 °C) over the Adirondack Mountains to near 53 °F (12 °C) across the Hudson Valley and Long Island, to around 56 °F (13 °C) within New York City. [2] Weather in New York is heavily influenced by two air masses: a warm, humid one from the southwest and a cold, dry ...
The New York Bight, the triangle of water with Montauk at one apex, the Jersey Shore at the second apex, and New York Harbor in the middle, is known for its abundance of marine life, [11] thus providing a large amount of prey for sharks. The exact migration pattern is not completely known and currently being studied, but the general belief is ...