Vast clouds of flying ants deceive weather satellites
by Aaron Walawalkar from Environment | The Guardian on (#4KCJR)
Experts believe false readings occurred because radar interpreted insects as raindrops
Huge swarms of flying ants that hit England's south coast were mistaken by weather satellites in space for clouds of rain.
The Met Office's radar captured what it described as "insect clutter" over the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex and Dorset on Wednesday morning. They were also spotted in East Sussex and Kent.
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