Tornado tears through western Sicily, injuring nine and causing extensive damage
- On Friday, a violent tornado struck Marsala, Sicily, damaging The Alcide Gasperi school and injuring four children and five adults.
- Waterspouts formed over the sea before moving inland to southern Marsala between Strasatti and Terrenove, causing widespread destruction across the Trapani area.
- High winds overturned cars, destroyed houses, and damaged farm warehouses, while the storm brought down numerous trees and electricity poles across the region.
- Regional deputy of the Star Movement Cristina Ciminnski described the scene as "shocking," while Rai reported emergency crews brought the situation "under control" by early afternoon.
- Significant damage also occurred in neighboring Petrosino, and BBC Weather reports conditions have eased in Sicily though additional severe thunderstorms are forecast across the central Mediterranean.
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Powerful tornadoes swept through Sicily, causing destruction, injuries and evacuations of homes - A school was also damaged in the Terenove area The post Sicily: tornadoes swept through everything in their path - Destruction, damage to homes and injuries appeared first on in.gr.
"Scenes of war." So the mayor of Marsala, Andreana Patti, on the devastation caused by the trumpet of air in Trapani. "A disaster has fallen today unfortunately - added to the Tgr Rai Sicily - on the municipalities of Petrosino and Marsala. They had the worst clearly all the houses that have been crossed by this trumpet, as well as the school. We will ask for the state of emergency: the damage is huge, some people have remained out of the house.…
In several parts of Italy violent storms have raged. Friday morning two waterpants have ravaged the area around the Sicilian port town of Marsala and then moved on to the interior. Several people have been injured.
The Italian media broadcast the terrible images of a violent whirlpool phenomenon that struck Sicily on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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