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

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.
 

OldFeller said:
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.
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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
 

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