澳大利亚小镇"鱼从天降"

According to Daily Telegraph on March 2, residents in a remote desert town in Australia, 326 miles from the nearest river, are recovering after witnessing two days of fish raining from the sky.

Lajamanu in the Northern Territory, population 669, has seen hundreds of small white fish fall from rain clouds with many still alive.

Weather experts in Australia believe the fish, spangled perch, were sucked up in a thunderstorm before being dumped over the tiny town.

One senior forecaster at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, said: "It could have scooped the fish up to 40,000 to 50,000 feet in the air.

"Once they get up into the system they are pretty much frozen. After some period they are released."

It is the third time in less than 30 years that Lajamanu has been bombarded by falling fish, according to Northern Territory News, after reports of the phenomenon in 1974 and 2004.

据英国《每日电讯报》3月2日报道，澳大利亚偏远沙漠小镇日前连续两天下“鱼雨”，一些气象专家认为可能是风暴将河中的鱼卷走，又通过雨降落下来。但距离这个小镇最近的河流，也有500多公里。

这个小镇名叫拉贾曼努，位于澳大利亚北部，全镇人口669人。最近两天，一种白色的小鱼随着雨水从天而降，许多鱼甚至还活着。
　　
澳大利亚气象专家认为，这些鱼可能是被风暴从河流中卷起，后来随雨水在小镇降落。

一些专家表示，这些鱼可能被卷到1.3万米至1.7万米的高空，被迅速冷冻，因此有的鱼降落到地面时还活着。

据悉，这是30年来拉贾曼努小镇第三次下“鱼雨”。1974年和2004年，小镇也曾下过“鱼雨”。