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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jonathan Humphries

Fish are falling out of the sky in Merseyside during Storm Dennis

A teacher was left bemused today when strong winds appeared to leave a fish on the roof of her new car.

The sea creature's unfortunate demise was shared on the Twitter account for Blackmoor Park Junior School, in Leyfield Road, West Derby.

Head of year six, Miss Sheridan, said she had been driving along oblivious to the fish landing on her roof.

She said: "Look what #StormDennis has brought Miss Sheridan...right on top of her new car!"

UPDATE: Follow our blog for the latest as Storm Dennis hits Merseyside

It is unclear how the hapless fish made its way from the oceans to the streets of Liverpool, but Miss Sheridan says the high winds brought by Storm Dennis could play a part.

Storm Dennis will bring strong winds and rain this weekend (Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)

She said: "I just drove home through the rain this morning and it was on the roof of my car? No idea how it got there but definitely not a pet.

"I can only think a sea bird or rain carried it but the latter seems impossible surely?"

Miss Sheridan said she was driving through Rock Ferry when the incident happened.

"I would love to say it was big enough to keep for my tea but it was far too small. He was already deceased so I placed him in my wheelie bin."

Merseyside has been told to expect heavy rain, gales, thunder and hail as a yellow weather warning has been issued for the region.

Forecasters have now confirmed Storm Dennis is a "bomb cyclone", having undergone something called "bombogenesis".

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