Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone facts for kids

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A Medicane is a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone. It is a storm in the Mediterranean Sea. These storms are similar to tropical storms and subtropical storms.

Weather scientists say there are about one or two medicanes each year. Most of them happen in September and October, when the water in the Mediterranean sea. Sometimes they happen at other times. Scientists say global climate change could make medicanes stronger.

Images for kids

Visible satellite imagery of a "medicane" above the Balearic Islands on 7 October 1996
A Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone south of Italy, on 27 October 2005
Satellite image of a tropical-like cyclone on 15 December 2005
A weak and disorganized Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone on 28 January 2009
ESSA-8 visible satellite imagery of the September 1969 cyclone
Satellite imagery capturing the storm at its peak intensity at 26 January 1982
Celeno at 14:00 UTC on 16 January, shortly after tropical cyclogenesis
The second major Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone of 1996, while west of Italy on 7 October
The last major Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone of 1996, near Italy
The Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone of 26 September 2006
Tropical Storm Rolf at peak intensity on 8 November 2011
Cyclone Qendresa approaching Malta on 7 November
90M on 31 October 2016
Numa on 18 November 2017
Medicane Zorbas on 29 September 2018
Medicane Ianos on 17 September 2020
Medicane Apollo on 29 October 2021
Medicane Blas on 14 November 2021

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