Rare waterspouts slam western Sicily, wrecking homes and a school

Loading the video No Comment Video. Rare waterspouts slam western Sicily, wrecking homes and a school Copy/paste the link below: Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Updated: 09/10/2026 - 19:49 GMT+2 A rare pair of waterspouts swept ashore in western Sicily on Friday, damaging homes, vehicles and a school. The two funnels formed off the coast near Marsala before moving inland towards Trapani, hitting the town of Petrosino along the way. One of the worst-hit buildings was the Terrenove campus of Alcide De Gasperi school in Marsala, which its headteacher described as destroyed. All 273 children inside were moved to safety by staff, and no serious injuries were reported among pupils or employees. In Petrosino, a car was swept into a ravine, injuring both occupants. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Early reports said nine people, including four children, had been treated for minor injuries at Marsala hospital. Later accounts put the total at 11, including two people taken to hospital in nearby Mazara del Vallo. Emergency teams remained at work as authorities assessed the damage to buildings, vehicles and farmland. The full extent of the destruction was still being established. Italy Tornado Sicily Extreme weather Storm damage Top stories Now playing Next Rare waterspouts slam western Sicily, wrecking homes and a school Now playing Next Indonesia: Baby orangutan saved from Borneo wildfires as habitat destruction escalates Now playing Next Seals and sea lions undergo hearing tests in Australian research Now playing Next Latest news bulletin | October 9th, 2026 – Evening Now playing Next Spain: Madrid protesters mourn evicted pensioner Maricarmen Abascal Now playing Next ‘I still want to verify this’: Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay’s first reaction Now playing Next Cars burned and shops looted as anti-immigration protests rock South Africa Now playing Next Mélenchon declares ‘Bastille retaken’ after major student rally Now playing Next Marco Rubio calls Portugal 'ideal gateway' to Europe for US Now playing Next Inside Kazakhstan’s rock-hewn mosques now recognised by UNESCO In partnership with MDQ Now playing Next Fire rages at Yandex data centre after Ukraine drone attack Now playing Next French students 'retake Bastille', Trump 'unwilling' to help Ukraine Now playing Next Latvia’s border guard seeks greater powers amid increasingly violent border crossings Now playing Next Tornadoes sweep across Sicily, leaving flipped cars and damaged buildings Now playing Next Sounds of Mexico brings Mexican orchestral music to Doha Now playing Next Police and protesters clash in Brussels as anti-austerity rally disrupts city ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT No Comment Chile: Santiago flooding turns streets to rivers as Kast declares state of catastrophe No Comment Deadly floods sweep Albania and Montenegro as rivers burst banks No Comment Hundreds of farmers rally in Paris against EU-Mercosur pact and import fears No Comment Tiny turtles take their first steps towards the sea Europe News 35 killed in strikes on Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russia reports four dead across Belgorod Europe News EU paid €7.9bn for Russian Arctic LNG amid record imports Europe News Interpol operation seized 2,800 illegal firearms across Europe and Asia Modern Nomads Inside Kazakhstan’s historic rock-hewn mosques now recognised by UNESCO Europe News Former Ilva steelworkers to strike as shutdown threatens thousands of jobs in Italy Europe News Jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 Europe Today Violence is 'not general' in French students protests, MEP says Europe Today Associate EU membership 'very interesting' for New Zealand, says former prime minister ADVERTISEMENT Europe Today Latest attacks on Ukraine are ‘war crimes done by Putin’, says Ukrainian politician Climate Hungary's 2026 drought is the country's most severe in 126 years, data shows Europe Today Rima Hassan denies throwing the EU flag to the floor at 7 October commemoration World News US sailors reunite with families as USS Abraham Lincoln returns home USA 'Modern-day Thomas Edison': Trump awards Elon Musk top US science medal USA US military will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, 'torture' for UN Europe Today Europe Today: French students 'retake Bastille', Trump 'unwilling' to help Ukraine World News Fire rages at Yandex data centre after Ukraine drone attack ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT