Accordo Bilaterale CNR-JSPS (Giappone) biennio 2016-2017 - progetto comune Miglietta/Niino
Comparison of tornadic supercells and their environmental conditions in Japan and Italy.
Although rare, severe tornadoes can occasionally affect Japan and Italy. Recently, a multi-vortex EF3 tornado affected Taranto in southeastern Italy on 28 November 2012, causing 1 death and estimated damage of 60 M€ (Miglietta and Rotunno,2015). On 8 July 2015, an EF4 tornado struck the surroundings of Venice, causing 1 death, 72 injured, and damages for 20 M€. In Japan, a tornado affected Tsukuba on 6 May 2012, in Ibaraki Prefecture, damaged 890 houses, killed one person and injured 52 people. A F2 tornado affected the Saitama Prefecture in Japan on September 2, 2013, and injured 63 people.