Around midday a tornado formed inland near Motta Sant'Anastasia and swept across the northern edge of Catania in Sicily, wrecking villas, vineyards and old olive groves before ending at the Ognina shore. It is one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded in Italy.
▶ Open on the mapA professor from the city, Salvatore Bruno, watched it and wrote down everything he saw.
Witnesses said trees along the path looked scorched, as if lightning had struck them.