Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone

Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones, often referred to as Mediterranean cyclones or Mediterranean hurricanes, and shortened as medicanes, are meteorological phenomena occasionally observed over the Mediterranean Sea. On a few rare occasions, some storms have been observed reaching the strength of a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, and Medicane Ianos in 2020 was recorded reaching Category 2 intensity.

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