Italy now! Sicily is in chaos! Wind at a speed of 203km/h blows away houses!

[hollydolly]

 

[hawkdon]

And yet those fools still go out in that weather !!!!!

 

[OldFeller]

Now that's newsworthy! Why isn't it called a hurricane? 203 km/hr is 126 MPH. Isn't that hurricane strength? I guess because it doesn't present as a hurricane structure with an eye, for example.

 

[hollydolly]

Etna Has Erupted

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

 

[WhatInThe]

Now that's newsworthy! Why isn't it called a hurricane? 203 km/hr is 126 MPH. Isn't that hurricane strength? I guess because it doesn't present as a hurricane structure with an eye, for example.

Considered a bomb cyclone so I guess a temporarily hurricane lite or extreme depending how it was predicted/how long it lasted.

Bomb cyclone Storm Ciarán kills 14 as it slams Europe with hurricane-force winds, extreme flooding