Wacky Weather: Tornado in Italy

Sometimes hard to believe that tornadoes occur in places other than the United States. These tornadoes aren't as frequent but they do happen. The southern part of Italy experienced a strong tornado last week. In a town called Taranto, which is highlighted in red on the map of Italy below. 


The tornado stuck on November 28th. It hit a steel plant which injured some of the workers and one man is still missing. According to the European Severe Weather Database, this is the 9th tornado reported since October. This is quite high for Italy as in 2011 there were only 11 tornadoes reported. Below is a photo of the November 28th tornado in Italy.

Sorry for the lack of post for the beginning of the week, I was out of town. Happy Wednesday!!

Photo/Info From:
Wiki.com
avantyra.ru
Washingtonpost.com