Bad weather in Sicily and Calabria: the real cyclone will form today evening
The vortex that has already hit eastern Sicily with violence, with the appearance of medicane (i.e. a Mediterranean cyclone), after a temporary stagnation today, Thursday 28 October 2021, should be further strengthened and reached the island. The structure is typical of a hurricane with an “eye” vortex, even if the origin of a medicane compared to a tropical hurricane is different and the very center of a hurricane is different from that of a medicane.
Bad weather will rage especially on central-eastern Sicily, already hit by floods and victims, on the northern one and then on Ionian Calabria. These areas will be lashed by impetuous winds with gusts exceeding 100 kilometers per hour, heavy and persistent rains for over 24-48 hours. Violent storm surges were also expected on the most exposed coasts.
Orange alert
The Civil Protection in the past few hours has issued an orange alert for the provinces of Catania, Syracuse, Ragusa and for the Ionian part of Messina, yellow on the rest of Sicily and the southern tip of Calabria. In Catania, the mayor has ordered the closure of schools, public offices and non-essential shops for today and tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Region will ask the central government to recognize the state of national disaster.
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