Video. Uncommon waterspouts slam western Sicily, wrecking properties and a college

One of the worst-hit buildings was the Terrenove campus of Alcide De Gasperi faculty in Marsala, which its headteacher described as destroyed. All 273 kids inside have been moved to security by employees, and no severe accidents have been reported amongst pupils or staff. In Petrosino, a automotive was swept right into a ravine, injuring each occupants.

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Early stories mentioned 9 folks, together with 4 kids, had been handled for minor accidents at Marsala hospital. Later accounts put the overall at 11, together with two folks taken to hospital in close by Mazara del Vallo.

Emergency groups remained at work as authorities assessed the harm to buildings, automobiles and farmland. The full extent of the destruction was nonetheless being established.