Cyclone Harry

Cyclone Harry, a powerful storm that recently battered southern Italy and Malta, is newsworthy due to its devastating consequences. The storm triggered a significant landslide in Sicily, forcing the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents from a hilltop town where houses are now perched precariously on a cliff edge. The landslide, which began showing movement on Sunday, has created a 4km-long chasm. Simultaneously, Cyclone Harry is implicated in a tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea, where up to 380 people are feared to have drowned while attempting to cross from Tunisia to Italy. Maltese authorities confirmed the shipwreck with the loss of 50 lives, with only one survivor. Separately, Save the Children reported that one-year-old twin girls are missing at sea after a migrant boat reached Lampedusa. These events highlight the dangerous conditions migrants face and the destructive power of the cyclone.