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It rained fish over a Texas town this week in a bizarre weather event

Headline from Local News 8, on the newest of 2 developments

By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s raining fish in east Texas — but it’s nothing too out of the ordinary. Earlier this week, residents of Texarkana reported small fish falling from the sky in what seemed like an epochal weather event.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Something fishy: Rain event drops fish on Texarkana

    Headline from WTHR Indianapolis ·

  2. Newest

    It rained fish over a Texas town this week in a bizarre weather event

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

9 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

26 articles, oldest first.

  1. KIII Corpus Christi

    Something fishy: Rain event drops fish on Northeast Texas town (opens KIII Corpus Christi)

    Published

    KIII Corpus Christi's feed description

    As a shower dumped rain onto the city of Texarkana, the clouds brought something extra in an uncommon, but not unheard of phenomenon.

  2. WTHR Indianapolis

    Something fishy: Rain event drops fish on Texarkana (opens WTHR Indianapolis)

    Published

    WTHR Indianapolis's feed description

    As a shower dumped rain onto the city of Texarkana, the clouds brought something extra in an uncommon, but not unheard of phenomenon.

  3. 10TV Columbus

    Fish fall from the sky in Texas during rare ‘animal rain’ phenomenon (opens 10TV Columbus)

    Published

    10TV Columbus's feed description

    As a shower dumped rain onto the city of Texarkana, the clouds brought something extra in an uncommon, but not unheard of phenomenon.

  4. Local News 8

    It rained fish over a Texas town this week in a bizarre weather event (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s raining fish in east Texas — but it’s nothing too out of the ordinary. Earlier this week, residents of Texarkana reported small fish falling from the sky in what seemed like an epochal weather event.

  5. KVIA El Paso

    Fish fall from the sky during rain in east Texas in rare phenomenon (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    TEXARKANA, Texas -- As if 2021 hasn't been quite a year already, ABC affiliate KXXV reports there are now fish falling from the sky in east Texas. Several residents in Texarkana posted pictures and videos to social media this week after finding fish scattered in some unlikely places including their …

  6. NBC News

    Fish fell from the sky in East Texas (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The East Texas city of Texarkana experienced a rare weather event to close out the year: It rained fish.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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