Sea Food Rains In Chinese City After Powerful Storm Sends Marine Creatures Flying

If you love sea food you better rush now to Chinese Coastal city of Qingdao.

On Wednesday, a powerful storm hit the sea nearby and sent marine creatures such as octopus, star fish and prawns literary flying into the sky and raining down the city of Qingdao.

The severe storm brought down trees and large sign post, flooded the streets, bringing traffic to a stand-still. As the motorists waited in the traffic, something extra-ordinary began to happen – various marine creatures started falling from the sky.

Meteorologists said that the creatures must have been sucked from the sea by a waterspout and blown all the way to shore by the strong winds.

Incredible pictures posted on China’s microblogging platform Weibo show octopuses flying through the air, and starfish, shrimp and various shellfish fallen on people’s windshields. The photos were shared by China’s national weather agency and “seafood rain” became a trending topic on the popular social network.

via Insight (Korean)