After a respite of a few hours, from Thursday the Ionian area of Sicily and Calabria will be hit by a Mediterranean hurricane
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himNo, the wave of bad weather in the South is not over yet. And the storms that in the last two days have brought Sicily to its knees, causing two victims in the Catanese area and enormous damage, it could have been just a taste. Throughout the night in the province of Catania, the operations of the Fire Brigade continued, carrying out over 600 interventions. And after hours of pouring rain and strong winds, the clear sky returned to various areas of the island. But, unfortunately, the truce will not last long.
A sharp deterioration is expected between Thursday 28 and Friday 29 October. The Mediterranean cyclone, which caused extensive damage and sowed fear among Sicilians, is turning into what forecasters have renamed Medicane, a term that comes from the fusion of words MEDIterranean e hurriCANE. A real Mediterranean hurricane.
Cyclone in formation on the Ionian Sea
It will approach Sicily on Wednesday evening and, above all, during the night of Thursday. Storm and strong wind risk with peaks up to 120 km / h between Catania and Syracuse. # bad weather #weather #news #sicily #cyclonemediterraneo pic.twitter.com/wFopM1rq4Y
— Brymeteo (@brymeteo) October 26, 2021
In these hours the stretch of sea between the Strait of Sicily, the Ionian Sea and up to the Libyan Sea is particularly warmer than normal with values 8 ° C above the average for this period - explains Antonio Sanò, founder of Ilmeteo.com - Accomplices the infiltrations of fresh air coming from the north-east at all altitudes, as a result of the contrasts with the very hot sea surface, a cyclonic structure of particular violence will form which subsequently on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 October will take on characteristics of extra tropical cyclone similar to real hurricanes; although the Mediterranean cyclones forming between the Ionian Sea and the Libyan Sea, often even touching Calabria and Sicily, in the past have already repeatedly reached characteristics comparable to a tropical storm. This time we will really be dealing with a category 1 hurricane for the first time, with winds over 120km / h: it will take on even more striking characteristics with the presence of a clearly visible eye and around which the cloudy bodies will rotate in the direction anticlockwise bringing rainfall of exceptional entity.
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The trajectory of the Mediterranean hurricane
The cyclone that is turning into Medicane is already visible from the satellite images. After a short break in the early hours of Wednesday, it will resume charging with energy by the hour on the Ionian Sea and the Strait of Sicily, reaching maximum power between Thursday and Friday. In these days, experts predict torrentials with severe thunderstorms in Sicily, with the risk of flooding.
To worry are also the stormy winds that will blow with gusts of over 90 km / h. Waves up to 5 meters high and violent storm surges are expected along the most exposed coasts.
The areas most affected by the Mediterranean hurricane will still be eastern Sicily and the Ionian belt of Calabria, but constant monitoring will be necessary to precisely define the areas most affected by heavy rainfall.
The Civil Protection prepares citizens for the worst
The Civil Protection also warned about the worsening of the weather in the next few hours. This morning the head of the Civil Protection Fabrizio Curcio arrived in Catania for the press conference organized to take stock of the situation after the frightening storm that hit much of eastern Sicily yesterday.
Bad weather in Sicily: "Complete the ongoing interventions and prepare for the expected deterioration: we are here to ...
Posted by Civil Protection Department on Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The event is not over - Curcio specified - Now there is a moment that seems to be attenuating. Our weather models tell us the event will be back. We are doing what needs to be done in these cases. We tell citizens to stay alert, to follow the instructions of the authorities because they expect hours in this area that can be complicated. The values speak very clearly. Impressive millimeters of rain fell here. The events were very punctual. We think that those 600 millimeters that have been recorded in some cases are very clear with respect to the impact that has been on the territory: intense and sudden events on a territory that is very critical.
Meanwhile, the Regional Department of Civil Protection has published guidelines to follow in case of floods:
Posted by Regione Siciliana - Regional Department of Civil Protection on Tuesday, October 26, 2021
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Source: Civil Protection / Sicilian Region / Ilmeteo.com
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