Strange weather we're having.0:14
Most of us are interested in the weather forecast.0:29
Do we need to wrap up warm today or take an umbrella or our sunglasses when we go out?0:32
But imagine if you heard that a never-ending lightning storm was on its way, or a shower of animals.0:37
This might sound crazy, but believe it or not, these kinds of weird weather phenomena actually happen.0:43
Some people are used to extreme weather conditions.0:52
This is the case for those who live in the area where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, and has dark clouds covering it most of the year.0:56
For centuries, these clouds constantly crash into each other and cause violent lightning storms that can last up to 10 hours and occur between 140 and 160 nights a year.1:04
They call it the Neverending Lightning Storm.1:16
However, every cloud has a silver lining.1:20
This lightning activity produces nitrogen oxide, which probably helps to restore the ozone layer.1:23
Another kind of rare lightning is ball lightning.1:29
This is a ball of brightly colored light which usually occurs during thunderstorms but lasts longer than a lightning bolt.1:33
Sometimes the ball even explodes and leaves behind a smell.1:40
But the true cause of this phenomenon is a mystery.1:45
One sighting hit the news in 1984 when ball lightning entered a Russian aircraft, flew above the shocked passengers, traveled through the aircraft, and passed silently out again, leaving two holes in the plane.1:48
We're all used to hearing about tornadoes, but imagine if a tornado was a whirling firestorm instead of a windstorm.2:04
A fire tornado, or a fire devil, can happen when high temperatures from a wildfire mix with strong winds.2:12
They are usually about 300 to 450 meters high, but they can sometimes reach 1.6 kilometers in height.2:19
A fire tornado made world news in 2010 in Brazil, when astonished motorists watched one spin and burn its way through fields by a highway.2:29
In 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan ignited the largest fire tornado in history, killing 38,000 people in 15 minutes.2:38
Luckily, fire tornadoes are very rare.2:49
Have you ever heard the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs"?2:55
Well, what about frogs, fish, jellyfish, or even snakes?2:59
Believe it or not, there have been many stories throughout history of it raining animals.3:04
One explanation is that strong winds or a tornado could pick them up and drop them far away.3:09
The rain of fish has been happening every summer in the region of Yoro, Honduras, for over a century.3:15
Witnesses say that there is usually a violent storm, then afterwards there are hundreds of living fish on the ground, which people take home, cook, and eat.3:21
Many local people believe that this is a miracle, but some scientists disagree.3:31
They believe that the fish are from underground rivers, and that the storms somehow bring them up above ground.3:36
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