#medicane

ITALY:  A “Medicane” (Mediterranean hurricane) Causes Flooding 

A rare, cyclonic, non-tropical storm system moving over the Mediterranean Sea, also known as a 'medicane', has been causing fatal flooding and damage across southern Italy and Sicily for the past few days. The flash flooding is responsible for at least two deaths and has submerged multiple town squares underwater. On Sunday, more than 11.8 inches (300mm) of rain, approximately half the island's expected average yearly rainfall, fell on Sicily.

 The storm system is expected to peak between Thursday and Friday. Italian forecasters blame sea temperatures in the Mediterranean that are 14.4°F (8°C) warmer than average. This map depicts the rainfall levels of the Medicane storm in southern Italy and Sicily. Click on the map to learn more. Further Reading: Sky News, Reuters, BBC, Washington PostGraphic 

Il ddlzan è stato affossato, con dei senatori cafoni che applaudono per il dolore e per le lacrime che saranno versate da chi subirà le conseguenze delle loro azioni.

Terni ha deciso di vietate le minigonne perché potrebbero indurre alla prostituzione. Come se quest'ultima fosse davvero sbagliata. Dai, sarebbe davvero un problema se legalizzassero il sesso a pagamento? Ma oltre questo, vi sembra normale star privando qualcuno della propria libertà? Che cazzo te ne frega se viene scambiata per una prostituta o meno, chi decide poi cosa ti rende tale o no? Una gonna corta? Sul serio? Spero stiate scherzando.

E in Sicilia c'è il tornado Apollo o Medicane, come preferite nominarlo.

Catania è allagata.

Tutto va a puttane, ah no aspe-

A rare Mediterranean cyclone began to rake western Greece with heavy rains on Thursday and was expected to slam into the country in full force on Friday, with hurricane-force wind and life-threatening flooding in some places, forecasters said.

Cyclone Ianos is an example of what meteorologists sometimes call a Medicane — a powerful type of storm all but unknown until the 1990s. It has been seen more often as the atmosphere and sea warm.

Greece’s National Meteorological Service issued an unusual bulletin warning of extraordinary danger for southern portions of the country’s mainland — a region known for its mild weather — beginning Thursday afternoon and continuing into Saturday. Forecasters warned that a foot or more of rain could fall in places.

Because Mediterranean storms do not originate in the tropics, meteorologists do not call them tropical storms or hurricanes. But Ianos qualifies in all but name, with cyclonic high winds and satellite images showing the characteristic dense wheel of cloud and a well-defined eye.

WRF-NMM model, 18th Sept 00 UTC run:

A rare, powerful cyclone slammed into the western Ionian Islands of Greece and other parts of the country on Friday, bringing lashing rain, strong winds and flooding as it tore into the coastline.

Such storms — which some meteorologists call Medicanes, or Mediterranean hurricanes — were virtually unheard-of before the 1990s, but in recent years have become a more regular occurrence because of rising sea temperatures.

Greece issued its highest-level weather alert with the landfall of the hurricane-strength storm, which is known locally as Ianos and elsewhere in the region as Cassilda. Local authorities advised the islands’ residents, and tourists trapped there because of the cyclone, to remain indoors as the storm brought winds of at least 75 miles per hour.

Videos posted to social media from the Greek islands show rough seas battering normally idyllic beaches and trees bending with the force of the wind as rain pummels the landscape.

On Zakynthos, one local described power outages across much of the island as dawn broke on Friday morning.

On Kefalonia, locals reported downed trees and debris cast about by the storm, as well as damage to some homes and coastal flooding. Video posted from the island showed strong waves surging past a harbor wall and dozens of boats capsized by the storm.

The Hellenic National Meteorological Service warned of heavy rainfall and gale-force winds across the area, with the worst of the storm expected to be felt before noon on Friday.

Nikos Hardalias, the Greek deputy minister of civil protection, told state television that the islands of Ithaca, Kefalonia and Zakynthos had been hit by the worst of the weather overnight and that there were power outages on all three islands.

“It was a difficult night for the Ionian Islands as the intense weather phenomena are in full swing,” he said.

Because they do not originate in the tropics, Mediterranean-formed cyclones like Ianos are not called tropical storms or hurricanes, but their wind strength makes them comparable.