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Sardinia hit by deadly cyclone and flooding
Topic Started: Nov 19 2013, 09:04 AM (1,265 Views)
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At least 14 people have been killed after a cyclone, accompanied by heavy rains, tore through the Italian island of Sardinia.

A number of people are believed to be missing after rivers burst their banks, sweeping cars away and causing bridges to collapse.

The worst-hit area appears to be in and around the north-eastern city of Olbia.

Hundreds of people across the Mediterranean island were moved from their homes.

"We're at maximum alert," Giorgio Cicalo, an official from Sardinia's civil protection authority, told Italy's Rai TV.

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"We haven't seen a situation as extreme as this, perhaps for decades. Especially because it's been across the whole island."

Sardinian Governor Ugo Cappellacci told Italian TV that Cyclone Cleopatra had claimed the lives of at least 14 people.

A Brazilian family of four died in Arzachena, in the far north-east of the island, the Nuova Sardegna newspaper reported.

Three people died when a road bridge collapsed on to their car near Olbia, according to local media.

In a separate incident, a mother and her daughter were found dead in their car after it was swept away by floods.

Among the victims was a police officer who died after a bridge collapsed.

Olbia Mayor Gianni Giovanelli was quoted by Sky TG24 as saying that the city had been hit by an "apocalyptic"' storm.

Meanwhile Governor Cappellacci told La Stampa newspaper that thousands of people had been affected.

"Unfortunately the situation is tragic," he said.

Cyclones are extremely rare in the Mediterranean.

Some city residents used social media to offer shelter to those forced out of their homes.

The storms also caused extensive damage to farms on the island and disrupted a number of flights to and from mainland Italy.


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The victims are 17 now :(
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Have you noticed the relatively calm and the sunshine in the last hours? we are probably inside the so called eye of the cyclone!
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Juanne
Nov 19 2013, 12:06 PM
Have you noticed the relatively calm and the sunshine in the last hours? we are probably inside the so called eye of the cyclone!
May be the eye of the cyclone is going away, the sky is getting cloudy again :(

I have noticed lot of flocks of birds in the sky too.
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Scarletnight
Nov 19 2013, 12:11 PM
Juanne
Nov 19 2013, 12:06 PM
Have you noticed the relatively calm and the sunshine in the last hours? we are probably inside the so called eye of the cyclone!
May be the eye of the cyclone is going away, the sky is getting cloudy again :(

I have noticed lot of flocks of birds in the sky too.
Here the cyclone has not created serious damages, however is getting cloud again. In some places is rained more than 400 mm in few hours, we are speaking about the rain which falls in 6 months, averagely in Sardinia. :jawdrop: :jawdrop:
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The cyclones in Sardinia with the intensity of this event are extremely exceptional and rare, but unfortunately the climate is getting tropical due to the global warming, so in future could be more frequent.
Edited by Enigma, Nov 19 2013, 12:52 PM.
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R.I.P. for the victims, 4 children are died too. :( :(
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