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In a Honduran town, fish appear on the ground after every major rainstorm

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 17, 2026
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Santa Rita, Yoro, Honduras, 1938 (CC BY-SA (via Wikimedia Commons)

In the department of Yoro, Honduras, fish turn up on the ground after large storms. The lluvia de peces — literally “rain of fish” — has been reported for over a hundred years and is said by residents to happen every year during the mid-year rainy season. The fish “have been described as …

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