{"id":6287,"date":"2026-06-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?p=6287"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:37:51","slug":"supercell-tornado-in-rome-rare-in-the-city-common-along-the-coast-historical-cases-since-1645","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?p=6287","title":{"rendered":"Supercell tornado in Rome: rare in the city, common along the coast – historical cases since 1645"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORIGIN: https:\/\/www.yourweather.co.uk\/news\/<\/p>\n

The north-eastern sector of Rome, particularly the Montesacro area, was hit on the morning of 3 June by a tornado generated by a supercell thunderstorm. Severe damage was reported, with at least 50 trees uprooted, a market devastated by the wind, destroyed cars and widespread fear.<\/p>\n

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The severe weather that affected northern Italy yesterday (we discussed the violent downburst in Turin in another article) reached central Italy today, particularly the city of Rome, which experienced a very unusual morning following the formation of a rare tornado.<\/p>\n

The Italian capital is no stranger to intense weather events, with frequent thunderstorms causing flooding and fallen trees, but tornadoes are usually confined to the coastal area around 30\u201340 km from the city, where they are relatively common and can cause significant damage. This time, however, the vortex struck directly in a suburb in the north-eastern outskirts, several dozen kilometres from the coast.<\/p>\n

First shock, then disbelief<\/p>\n

The tornado formed in the north-east quadrant of the city, affecting mainly Rome\u2019s Third Municipality in the Montesacro area. The districts of Prati Fiscali, Conca d\u2019Oro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ORIGIN: https:\/\/www.yourweather.co.uk\/news\/ The north-eastern sector of Rome, particularly the Montesacro area, was hit on the morning of 3 June by a tornado generated by a supercell thunderstorm. Severe damage was reported, with at least 50 trees uprooted, a market devastated by the wind, destroyed cars and widespread fear. The severe weather that affected northern Italy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6289,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions\/6289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}