Overview
- Authorities report no deaths or serious injuries after the three-day storm in Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria, crediting coordinated warnings and response.
- In Sicily, early damage counts range from a €740 million gubernatorial estimate to more than €1 billion in provisional civil-protection tallies.
- The regional government in Sicily set aside €70 million for immediate works and named civil protection chief Salvo Cocina as extraordinary commissioner.
- At the prefecture’s request, the Army’s 4th Engineer Regiment is clearing debris and reopening roads in the Messina area, where outages and coastal destruction persist.
- Sardinia and Calabria report heavy losses to ports, beaches and heritage sites such as Nora, while farm and fishing groups warn of prolonged income hits with fishing damages near €40 million.