Overview
- Local officials and witnesses say one or two tornadoes tore through Marsala on Friday, October 9, leaving overturned cars, heavily damaged houses and a badly hit school.
- Authorities report 11 people injured, including six children with minor wounds who were treated after 273 pupils were inside the Alcide De Gasperi school when the storm struck.
- Firefighters, civil-protection teams and hospital staff carried out rescues and medical care while two waste-center workers first reported missing were later found safe.
- Sicily’s governor pledged immediate government resources and crews are clearing debris, but a formal assessment of total damage and an official meteorological confirmation of tornado tracks and intensity are still pending.
- The storms came during a wider episode of atmospheric instability in the central Mediterranean and have intensified political debate in Italy about climate-linked extreme weather and readiness for adaptation.