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“Highest risk of storms” in Italy: meter-high waves expected - another “escalation of the situation” threatens

2021-10-28T11:44:11.833Z


Violent storms in Italy cause chaos in the south of the country. Torrential rains have fallen in Calabria and Sicily. There are fatalities. The situation remains extremely critical.


Violent storms in Italy cause chaos in the south of the country.

Torrential rains have fallen in Calabria and Sicily.

There are fatalities.

The situation remains extremely critical.

  • After a series of violent storms, the situation in southern Italy comes to a head.

  • A cyclone in the Mediterranean (Medicane) is brewing.

    Warn weather experts.

  • Sicily has declared a regional state of emergency.

Update from October 28th, 1:20 p.m.:

After a series of violent storms in southern Italy, the situation continues to worsen, on Thursday and Friday a hurricane may even be brewing over the Mediterranean. As meteorologist Björn Alexander

explains

to

RTL

, the storms around Sicily should resurrect after a short break on Thursday and Friday. Then the storm front should cause another "worsening of the situation".

As the RTL meteorologist further explains, the greatest danger comes from torrential rain.

In some areas, 300 liters per square meter could not be ruled out.

“So there are again anxious hours and days that the people there have in front of them.

An extremely dangerous situation with the highest risk of storms, ”the expert continues.

Should a Medicane actually develop over the Mediterranean Sea, there is a further risk of meter-high waves.

Extreme storms are raging in Italy and the forecasts do not bode well

Update October 27, 14:22

, "It is not over yet," the head of civil protection Fabrizio Curcio a crisis meeting in Catania, as the Italian news agency said at the end journalists

ansa.it

reported.

After a brief weakening, the weather conditions should again deteriorate significantly on Thursday and Friday.

Meteorologists fear that a hurricane in the Mediterranean - a so-called Medicane (word creation from Mediterranean Hurricane) - will arise, which will then make its way towards Sicily (see also first report).

The state of emergency continues to prevail in the province of Sicily.

The schools in Catania are closed on Thursday and Friday.

Retailers and authorities are also expected to close, says Catania's mayor Salvo Pogliese on Facebook.

Only pharmacies and grocery stores are allowed to remain open.

In the province of Catania at the foot of the Etna volcano, the fire brigade has carried out 620 missions in the past 24 hours.

Extreme storms in Italy: “tragedy” in the south - and cyclone soon returns as a Mediterranean hurricane

First report from October 27, 2021

Catania - Fortunately, it is not raining at the moment.

The people of Sicily (Italy) can take a deep breath for a moment.

Masses of water flooded the city of Catania at the foot of Mount Etna on Monday.

At times the old town was completely under water.

The floods carried cars away.

Dramatic scenes took place in Catania.

According to the authorities, up to 350 milliliters of rain fell in just 72 hours across the province.

There are enormous amounts of precipitation, especially since around 600 milliliters of rain fall there in a year.

Extreme storm in Italy: Mediterranean hurricane looms - southern Italy remains on alert

However, the break is short-lived. Meteorologists expect more extreme storms in the next few hours. The low pressure vortex over the Mediterranean is active and is regaining its strength. The strong cyclone is said to return to Italy as a Mediterranean hurricane or Medicane. The cyclone, which then develops into a medicane, can already be seen on satellite images. Weather experts are following the explosive situation very closely. However, it is difficult to predict the exact course of the eddy and the consequences, can

be read

on the weather

portal meteo.it

. There would be great uncertainties, despite the sometimes severe effects.

According to the predictions, this medicane will develop his maximum violence on Thursday and Friday (October 28th and 29th).

The strong cyclone then steers back towards Sicily and Calabria.

Torrential rains, local thunderstorms and floods threaten.

On the coasts, meteorologists expect stormy winds with gusts of over 90 km / h with waves up to 5 meters high.

There is also the risk of storm surges on the most exposed coasts.

Storm in Italy: "Apocalyptic scenes, people dragged away"

The severe flooding in Catania has claimed lives.

A 53-year-old man drowned and was found under his car.

According to previous knowledge, a woman is said to have been run over while getting out of her car.

The severe storms of the past few days have taken their toll.

The number of dead rises to three dead and one missing.

In Catania the school is closed on Wednesday.

"It is clear to everyone that the city is facing a tragedy and an almost unprecedented atmospheric phenomenon," writes Mayor Salvo Pogliese on Facebook.

He ordered all shops to be closed until midnight for security reasons - with the exception of pharmacies and grocery stores.

Pogliese appealed to the entire population: "Please do not leave the house".

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Source: merkur

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