Posted on 06/15/2018 2:01:47 PM PDT by BBell
It's raining octopus! Sea creatures fall from the sky after being 'sucked from the ocean by a waterspout and carried into coastal city' during powerful storm in China
The pictures were taken in Qingdao city in east China's Shandong Province
Qingdao Meteorological Administration posted images of the sea creatures
An octopus, mollusks, shellfish and other marine life can be seen in the images
The hurricane-force wind speeds generated during the storm set a new record
Incredible photos have emerged from China that show octopus and other sea creatures raining from the sky after being sucked out of the ocean by a violent storm.
The images were taken in the coastal city of Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province on Wednesday.
Although the images may seem unlikely, fish can be sucked from the sea by tornado-strength winds which form a waterspout. The animals sucked up with the water can be deposited hundreds of yards or even miles away after being released by the wind.
Recent examples of the phenomenon include a 2017 incident in Mexico in when fish rained from the sky in the town of Tampico, and a downpour of fish in the town of Kerala, India in 2008.
The Chinese Meteorological Administration, China's national weather agency, confirmed there had been a number of sea creatures blown onto the land by a waterspout.
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Sky sushi!
Betcha it Smelt real awful.
Hey, they think that’s amazing, just wait until the kaijus start rolling in!
Oh, hell no!
Release the Kracken!
Mark
And the Chinese were heard to exclaim ‘look free food, thank you Comrade Xi Jinping!’
Since someone already mentioned Sharknado, never mind.
You mean, catch the Kraken!
It’s amazing the things we missed before cell phone cameras, body cams, security cams,dash cams etc. became so prevalent.
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