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 by AFP Staff Writers Rome (AFP) Sept 10, 2021
A tornado hit the Sicilian island of Pantelleria on Friday, killing two people and seriously injuring four others, the civil protection agency said. The whirlwind "hit and overturned six cars", the agency said in a post on Facebook, with photographs showing one vehicle thrown against a house and another lying battered in a field. It said an off-duty fireman was among the dead on the tiny volcanic outcrop, a tourist hotspot which lies closer to North Africa than Italy. The wind ripped down a coastal road in seconds, according to media reports. "It was an apocalyptic sight," an unnamed paramedic at the scene told ANSA news agency. A hospital helicopter from nearby Lampedusa island was ready to provide assistance once the weather improved, it said. Pantelleria, famed for its volcanic cliffs and hot spring waters, regularly attracts A-listers, from Sting to Giorgio Armani.
Climate crisis triggers spike in lightning strike deaths in India Jaipur, India (AFP) Sept 3, 2021 Faizuddin is still traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes more common. Scores of people have met similarly gruesome ends this year in the western desert state of Rajasthan, where deaths caused by thunderstorms used to be uncommon. "I was hit by three thunderbolts, one after the other," said Faizuddin, his voice quivering as he lay wrapped in a blanket at his modest ... read more
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