According to the Qingdao Meteorological Administration, violent weather was recorded in the late afternoon of June 13, including hurricane-force winds blowing at a shocking 34.8 m/s – registering a 12 on the Beaufort scale.

The hellish gale, which was coupled with hail too, caused widespread destruction throughout the city, images of the aftermath show.

The city’s meteorological service said the wind speeds generated during the storm set a new all-time record for June.

Though we talk about it raining cats and dogs, literally octopuses and starfish is something else.

After Storm Emma back in March this year, the UK saw its own sea life displaced onshore as masses of creatures, including starfish, crab, mussels and lobsters, were washed up on the coast following a drop in temperature caused by the storm.

Tens of thousands of creatures were piled up in places along the North Sea coast of the UK, including Holderness coast in Yorkshire.

Similar mass mortality was reported in other parts of the UK, including Kent and Norfolk.

Sudden drop in temperature caused invertebrate die off at our local beach. pic.twitter.com/YCmNXbid7n

— John Scattergood (@jwscattergood) March 4, 2018

Explaining the strange phenomenon, Bex Lynam, from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, told The Guardian:

" There was a 3C drop in sea temperature last week which will have caused animals to hunker down and reduce their activity levels.

This makes them vulnerable to rough seas – they became dislodged by large waves and washed ashore when the rough weather kicked in.

Larger animals such as dolphins are more mobile and can save themselves by swimming away when this sort of thing happens.

Marine life washed up on the Holderness Coast - an estimated 25,000 lobsters were transported to merchants tanks at Bridlington and released at sea this morning in deeper water. #beastfromtheeast #marinewashup pic.twitter.com/wasUeS2XxH

— Yorks Wildlife Trust (@YorksWildlife) March 5, 2018

The casualties were mostly invertebrates though some fish were also found.

While most of the animals sadly died, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust worked alongside local fisherman to rescue the surviving lobsters, collecting them in buckets before taking them to tanks in Bridlington. They put the animals back in the sea once the weather improved.

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