LiveScience: It's Raining Anchovies in San Francisco
- Climate change
It's raining anchovies in San Francisco: Experts blame the fishy storm on a recent spawning event.
Published in LiveScience on July 1, 2022
It's raining fish in San Francisco, and locals are finding anchovies in unlikely places around the Bay Area, including sidewalks, driveways, rooftops and bus stops.
Experts believe the fishy precipitation is the result of a surge in coastal anchovy populations, SF Gate reported.
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