Increase in Frequency of Medicanes

Increase in Frequency of Medicanes

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – International Relations

In news

• Recently, scientists have warned that extra-tropical storms in the Mediterranean Sea, known as ‘Medicanes’ or ‘Mediterranean Hurricanes’, could become more frequent due to human-induced climate change.

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Medicanes

• Medicanes are tropical-like cyclones formed over the Mediterranean Sea.
• With the surrounding dry climate and the relatively shallow waters of the sea, the occurrence of tropical-like cyclones is infrequent.
• They typically form in the fall or winter months and occur once or twice a year.
• On September 18, 2020, a medicane named Lanos made landfall along the coast of Greece and caused heavy rainfall and flooding in Greece and surrounding islands.