Waterspout in Scoglitti, Sicily, Italy – November 21, 2013
Raising the number of waterspouts on the west coast of Italy on November 21 further is the Scoglitti, Sicily waterspout. The event was reported by ESSL. Sicily was part...
Strong thunderstorms hit Messina, Sicily and Malta – November 1, 2013
Strong thunderstorms hit Messina, Sicily and Malta late this afternoon. As reported by MeteoWeb, both ares got hit with heavy rainfall and flash floods, causing flooded roads and traffic...
A slow moving intense line of storms approaching Sicily, Italy – Oct 31, 22:20 UTC
An impressive line of storms is very slowly approaching the Italian island Sicily this evening, bringing very heavy rain and probably waterspouts and hail as well. As seen in...
Ongoing convective storms over the central and western Mediterranean – Oct 31, 12:00 UTC
Scattered convective storms are ongoing in the SLGT risk area of Day 1 outlook for 31/10/2013 over the central and western Mediterranean. Main threats with thunderstorms in this area...
A powerful eruption of stratovolcano Etna in Sicily, Italy this morning – Oct 26, 10:45 UTC
Mount Etna, a stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy has erupted this morning around 6am local time. There are two craters with the eruption where a several...
Severe weather with supercells, large hail and excessive precipitation in Sicily – October 11, 2013
Intense supercell thunderstorms hit Sicily two days ago. The storm system formed in the early morning on a strong, nearly stationary surface convergence zone just north of Sicily, ahead...
Cluster of supercells with torrential rain and flooding in Palermo, Italy – Oct 11th, 2013
Numerous storms, including supercells with torrential rainfall, strong winds and hail were reported from Sicily and surrounding areas in the last hours. As disccused in several updates; update 1,...
UPDATE 2: Sicily supercell thunderstorms – 11:10 UTC
Update #2 on the thunderstorm activity in Sicily. Satellite imagery is showing ongoing activity pushing south onshore Sicily. Relying on satellite images, radar images and surface data only, the...