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Tornadoes in Southern Apulia (Italy)

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  • F. Gianfreda
  • M. Miglietta
  • P. Sansò

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Numerous tornadoes have traversed southern Apulia in the course of the last five centuries, causing severe damage and a significant loss of life. Historical chronicles and newspaper articles allowed more than 30 tornadic events to be identified; in particular, 26 of these have occurred during the last two centuries. In all, 24 small towns and villages of southern Apulia suffered on at least one occasion the disastrous effects of being hit by a tornado. Collated data reveals that tornadoes generally form from May to December, with the most powerful events taking place in the month of September, followed by October and November. Tornadoes generally cluster in the southernmost area of the region and typically follow a path leading from the south-west to the north-east. Path length were observed to vary from 8 to 73 km, and widths ranging from 60 to 850 m. The metereological analysis carried out for the events occurred after 1950, even if based on a limited data set, reveals a few typical meteorological scenarios associated with the development of tornadoes over Salento. In southern Apulia tornadoes can be classified from levels A2 to A4 in accordance with the Damage Area Scale. Copyright Springer 2005

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  • F. Gianfreda & M. Miglietta & P. Sansò, 2005. "Tornadoes in Southern Apulia (Italy)," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 34(1), pages 71-89, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:34:y:2005:i:1:p:71-89
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-1966-3
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    1. Huicong Jia & Donghua Pan, 2017. "Tornado disaster impacts and management: learning from the 2016 tornado catastrophe in Jiangsu Province, China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 89(1), pages 457-471, October.
    2. José F. León-Cruz & Noel Carbajal & Luis F. Pineda-Martínez, 2017. "Meteorological analysis of the tornado in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila State, Mexico, on May 25, 2015," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 89(1), pages 423-439, October.

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