Behind Sri Lanka’s ‘fish rain’ lies a web of migrations now blocked by rising dams

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COLOMBO — From time to time, curious tales of “fish rain” grab media attention: fish seemingly fall from the sky, far from any bodies of water, following heavy downpours. The most recent incident occurred in northern Sri Lanka in October, after a thunderstorm, when residents discovered snakehead fish, a freshwater species, scattered across rain-soaked fields. […]

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