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Two people were killed by the cyclone (Medican), which swept through southern Italy, accompanied by torrential rains that caused landslides.
Italian media quoted local authorities as saying that a person was killed and a 67-year-old man went missing with his 54-year-old wife after their car was swept away by floodwaters in the Catania region, east of Sicily. his wife.
The Italian meteorological website stated that parts of Sicily and neighboring Calabria were hit by a rare Mediterranean cyclone known as (Medican), with winds of 120 kilometers per hour.
The Sicilian Farmers' Association said in a statement that the level of rain that fell near Catania within hours was more than half the amount of rain that falls annually on the Mediterranean island.
The emergency relief agency issued a high-level alert for the northern part of Sicily and southern Calabria, schools were closed in several cities, dozens of flights were diverted from the area and ferry services between the southern islands were suspended.
