section_path: January/January 17 (Italy)
section_name: January 17 (Italy)
paragraph_text: January 17 (Italy)
  
  Storm Gabri struck Italy on January 17, causing torrential rainfall, thunderstorms, strong winds, and multiple tornadoes, especially on the island of Sicily. A tornado impacted areas near Catania, which was rated IF2 and caused significant roof and tree damage, bent a metal truss electrical transmission tower in half, and rolled a roulotte trailer 30 m (33 yd). Metal light poles were also bent, a semi-trailer was overturned, and sheet metal from buildings was scattered 500 m (550 yd) up a hillside. A long-tracked multiple-vortex IF2 tornado that struck areas outside of Avola downed numerous trees and power lines, toppled another electrical transmission tower, destroyed a masonry outbuilding, unroofed a house, and damaged the roofs of other homes. In Augusta, an IF0.5 tornado overturned a small ape car, damaged concrete monuments and decorations at a cemetery, downed trees and power lines, and tore sheet metal roofing from buildings. An IF1 tornado struck the outskirts of Licata as well, damaging crops and destroying greenhouses. A total of five tornadoes were confirmed.