Migrating geese tragedy in Idaho unveils nature's odd spectacle

These events occur every few months in different parts of the world. On social media, they're often seen as signs of the apocalypse. Recently, dramatic scenes unfolded in the state of Idaho, USA. A flock of migrating snow geese, heading towards Canada, plummeted to the ground.

Police first received reports of about 50 dead geese in a parking lot, followed by another 60 on the roof of a nearby warehouse. Tests showed that the birds were not infected with the bird flu virus.

Moments before the geese were discovered, a severe storm had raged through the area. Investigators concluded that it was indeed lightning that caused the mass die-off of the birds. The migrating geese were hit by enormous hailstones as large as tennis balls.

According to reports from Twojapogoda.pl, a similar eerie event was documented several years ago in Croatia, when frogs seemingly rained from the sky. A similar incident happened in 2010 in Hungary.

In Rakoczifalva, a small Hungarian town roughly 100 kilometres from Budapest, amphibians descended from the sky on June 22. Hungarian scientists suggested that the animals might have been swept up by cumulonimbus clouds, which featured strong updrafts. At that time, powerful storms were sweeping across Hungary.

A year before, residents of the Noto Peninsula in central Japan started finding tadpoles in their gardens, on rooftops, and on the streets, marking another instance of this peculiar precipitation.

The villagers of Manna in southern India experienced something equally astonishing when small, frozen fish unexpectedly began falling from the sky. The locals saw it as a divine sign.

A similar phenomenon occurred in September 2017 in the small town of Tampico in Mexico. Residents witnessed a heavy rain of small fish. The event was fully documented on the Civil Defense Tamaulipas social media profile.

Tornadoes and waterspouts can cause rains of frogs, fish, or birds. Approaching a body of water, a tornado can lift light amphibians into the air with its powerful updrafts.

Occasionally, these animals are carried several miles high, where they freeze due to the freezing temperatures. Hours later, they may fall to the ground with rain or hail, with some individuals surviving the ordeal.

Such phenomena often happen unexpectedly, "like a bolt from the blue". However, they are not the work of supernatural forces, but rather straightforward meteorological phenomena.