Record 16.6m wave recorded between Malta and Sicily during Storm Harry
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The seaside in January 2026 produced the highest wave ever recorded in the Mediterranean. An international study coordinated with the contribution of the Ingv reconstructs the impact of the cyclone on the coasts of Southern Italy, in particular in Sicily
AGI - A wave 16.6 meters high, the highest ever recorded in the Mediterranean Sea, under exceptional marine conditions and signals detectable even by seismic networks: it was the one born in the cyclone Harry, that between 19 and 22 January this year upset the Mediterranean and the coastal areas of southern Italy, Sicily in particular.
A 16.6 metre high wave, the highest ever recorded in the Mediterranean Sea, was formed in the Canal of Sicily, between Portopalo di Capo Passero and Malta, during the passage of the cyclone Harry. The event, which affected the central Mediterranean between 19 and 22 January 2026, is at the center of a study published on [...] L'articolo Onda record of 16.6 metres in the Sicily Channel during the cyclone Harry comes from Quotidiano di Ragusa.
8 meters waves, Poetto underwater per km: the numbers of violence without precedents of Cyclone Harry. Cronaca Sardegna - L'Unione Sarda.it
Two scientific studies reconstruct the extreme event of January. On the Calabrian coast significant waves close to 7 meters and marshy of exceptional duration The article Cyclone Harry, the record wave of 16.6 meters and 195 reports of damage in Calabria. The risk for the Ionian coasts comes from Corriere della Calabria.
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