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Look East's weather presenter Julie Reinger explains some of Norfolk's
stranger meteorological moments.
Norfolk has
certainly had its fair share of weird weather.
It frequently
rains "cats and dogs" but in Great Yarmouth it has actually rained
fish!
On Sunday August
6, 2000 the skies opened and down fell a shower of dead sprats.
A mini-tornado
swept up the tiny silver fish from the North Sea and carried them
two miles before depositing them on the seaside resort.
Another tornado
swept through the village of Long Stratton on December 14, 1989.
This one left
a trail of total devastation and around £1 million worth of
damage.
Chimneys and
roof tiles were ripped off buildings, car windows were smashed and
a caravan was tipped on it's side.
Remarkably
only one person was injured.
The Fen Blows
Residents of
the Norfolk Fenlands have been known to find their washing and windows
covered in a thick black dust.
It's the result
of a weather phenomenon known as the "Fen Blows".
If we have a
lot of rain followed by very dry conditions, the ground becomes
cracked and dusty. If it is then whipped up by a keen wind it can
result in a soilstorm.
Unusual and
rather messy, it's the equivalent of a sandstorm in the Sahara Desert.
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